dry plate

American  

noun

1. a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.

2. Metallurgy. tin plate having patches of dull finish.

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Etymology

Origin of dry plate

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Oxymel produced a dry plate that could be kept for days.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2014

“You’ll have a new barn in no time,” I said, wiping an already dry plate with a towel.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Veracity constrains us to state that there he was, with his tripod, and his eager haste, and his hideous black cloth, preparing to "take" Perboewatan on a "dry plate"!

From Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Mr. England’s dry plate pictures, by his modified albumen process, are undoubtedly the best of the kind that have been taken.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

An occasional lone poplar tree developed in the mist as an object on a dry plate develops.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward