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Dry plate   /draɪ pleɪt/   Listen
Dry plate

noun
1.
A former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion.  Synonym: dry plate process.





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"Dry plate" Quotes from Famous Books



... flask was never drawn upon and was intact till needed as medicine in October. Smoking was abandoned, though a case of smoking tobacco was taken for any Indians we might meet. Our photographic outfit was extremely bulky and heavy, for the dry plate had not been invented. We had to carry a large amount of glass and chemicals, as ...
— A Canyon Voyage • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh


Words linked to "Dry plate" :   dry plate process, photography


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