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dragon's blood [2 records]

Record 1 2005-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoengraving
DEF

[A resinous] substance, mostly red in colour, used in powder form in photoengraving to protect parts of the metal from the acid in the etching process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photogravure

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Graphic Reproduction
  • Photoengraving
OBS

(...) it is dusted with etching powder sometimes called dragon's blood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production graphique
  • Photogravure
OBS

outre la colophane, qui est la plus anciennement employée, on utilise le sang de dragon, exsudation résineuse d'un palmier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Reproducción gráfica
  • Fotograbado
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