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Definition of Ferrotype
1. n. A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.
Definition of Ferrotype
1. Noun. an early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferrotype
1. [v -TYPED, -TYPING, -TYPES]
Medical Definition of Ferrotype
1. A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; familiarly called tintype. Origin: L. Ferrum iron + -type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferrotype
Literary usage of Ferrotype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Review (1878)
"The coil of covered copper wire was laid on the top of a ferrotype iron plate ;
the natural magnet alone held above this, gave out strong tones, ..."
2. Telephony: A Manual of the Design, Construction, and Operation of Telephone by Arthur Vaughan Abbott (1904)
"31 BWG gauge ferrotype metal in place of one. Tn each test the shape of the curve
is the same; a sudden rise to a high peak and a slower decline. ..."
3. The British Journal of Photographyby Liverpool Photographic Society by Liverpool Photographic Society (1874)
"THE origin of the word " ferrotype " will be immediately recognised ia the Latin
... The other class of ferrotype is that in which an iron plate— of course, ..."
4. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"Positive paper, 879. Excitation of latent pictures, 880. Calotype, 881. Mr.
Brooke s paper, 882. ferrotype, 883. Cyanotype, 884. ..."
5. The Encyclopædic Dictionary of Photography: Containing Over 2,000 References by Walter E. Woodbury (1896)
"... used in photography for making ferrotype plates, which are merely thin sheets
of the best Russian iron coated over with a thick black or chocolate color ..."
6. Elementary and Dental Radiography by Howard Riley Raper (1918)
"«lossy. beautiful by placing them on a ferrotype, or squeegee Photographic ...
The ferrotype is a sheet of metal on one side of which is baked black enamel. ..."
7. The Elements of Natural Philosophy; Or, An Introduction to the Study of the by Golding Bird, Charles Brooke (1867)
"... bromide of potassium, and two grains of chloride of sodium, with one fluid
ounce of white of egg. 1315. Many varieties of ferrotype have been described: ..."
8. The Threshold of Science: A Variety of Simple and Amusing Experiments by Charles Romley Alder Wright (1891)
"In this way ferrotype copies may be readily obtained of all objects capable of
being printed from in silver, as in Expt. 392. Expt. 397. Platinotypes. ..."
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