carbon tissue

noun

1. a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process Also calledcarbon paper

Example Sentences

With an instrument of this kind it is evident that, by exposing alongside the carbon tissue and determining the number of tints required for the proper exposure of that negative, the same number of tints with the same negative will always prove right.

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Continuing Action of Light.—If the carbon tissue after exposure to the light, be kept in the dark for a little time the effect on the print will be precisely the same as if the exposure to light had been prolonged.

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The carbon tissue used as a resist, which is mounted on the copper plate, is made by the Autotype Company, London, England.

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There is a "special" carbon tissue, price $4.00 per roll of 2 × 12 feet, made by the Autotype Company, of London, England, with full instructions appended; by a system of double transfer, reversed negatives may be obtained with this tissue.

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The following instructions for making carbon transparencies will no doubt be found useful: The carbon tissue prepared for this process consists of paper coated with gelatine containing carbon, lamp-black, or other pigments.

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