| 释义 |
stannotype|ˈstænəʊtaɪp|
[f. late L. stann-um tin + Gr. τύπος impression, print, type.]
A simplified form of the Woodbury process of photo-mechanical engraving in which a mould obtained from a positive instead of a negative is coated with tinfoil. Also attrib.
1883T. F. Hardwich's Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 360 The Stannotype..is the invention of Mr. Woodbury. 1891Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. 666 The object of the stannotype process was to do away with all this costly machinery [i.e. the hydraulic press of the Woodbury process]. |