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mercury vapour light source [1 record]

Record 1 1985-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

In making transparencies with Autopositive film, the material is contact-printed through a transparent original with a high-intensity light source such as pulsed xenon, mercury vapour, or carbon arc.

OBS

Mercury Vapour Light [is] the light which comes from vapour off boiling mercury in a tube, by means of an electric current passing through it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie

Spanish

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