Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or process of producing phototypes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or process of producing phototypes.
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- noun The art or process of producing
phototypes .
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Examples
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This princeps edition was also multiplied by phototypy (Paris, 1910).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Thus this invention does away with all sensitive preparations on glass, which latter is both a brittle and relatively heavy material, thus diminishing the bulk and weight of amateur and scientific photographers 'luggage when traveling; it produces photographic negatives as fine and as transparent as those on glass, in so much that the film does not contain any grain; and, lastly, it admits of printing from either face of the film, as regards the production of positives on paper or other material, as well as plates for phototypy and photo-engraving, which latter processes require
Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 Various
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