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MELANOTYPE [1 record]

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Record 1 1982-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

An early type of photograph that is a direct positive image made on a sensitized piece of enameled tin or iron.

OBS

In the 1933 edition of The Oxford English Dictionary the written form "melainotype" is said to be incorrect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Image positive obtenue par réflexion sur une plaque métallique (tôle) laquée noire.

OBS

«tintype» : Terme employé surtout dans les pays anglophones pour désigner les ferrotypes.

Key term(s)
  • melainotype
  • melanotype

Spanish

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