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FERROTYPE

\fˈɛɹətˌa͡ɪp], \fˈɛɹətˌa‍ɪp], \f_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_t_ˌaɪ_p]\

Definitions of FERROTYPE

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In photog. a term applied by Mr. Robert Hunt, the discoverer, to some photographic processes in which the salts of iron are the principal agents; a photograph taken on japanned sheet-iron by a collodion process.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

n. A term which is applied to photographic agents prepared by washing paper with persaits of iron.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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