Photography. A mixture consisting of a silver compound held in suspension in collodion or gelatin, used in coating plates, films, etc. Also attrib…

A solution of gun-cotton in ether, forming a colourless gummy liquid, which dries rapidly in the air, owing to evaporation of the ether; used in…

Photography. A substance or preparation used to render photographic paper, film, emulsion, etc., sensitive to light or other radiation.

= silver bath n. at silver, n. adj.compounds 2a.

An emulsion of collodion with bromide of silver used for collodion dry plates. Chiefly attributive.

a solution for impregnating a photographic plate with organic matter.

a solution, esp. of silver nitrate, used for sensitizing photographic plates and printing paper; a dish to contain this.

Photography. bromide developer, a developer suitable for bromide paper; bromide emulsion, a gelatine emulsion impregnated with a bromide, esp…

Photography. A salt of silver, esp. nitrate of silver.

A panchromatic film, emulsion, image, etc.

a fine-grained photographic emulsion designed for recording the tracks of subatomic particles, and also used in recording images in techniques…