collodio-bromiden.
Photography.
An emulsion of collodion with bromide of silver used for collodion dry plates. Chiefly attributive.
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emulsion1840
collodion1851
sensitizer1854
nitrate bath1858
collodio-bromide1864
organifier1873
silver bath1878
bromide emulsion1885
silver1891
sensibilizer1900
panchromatic1906
nuclear emulsion1949
1864 A. H. Sayce & Bolton in Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 9 Sept. 340/1 The secret..consists in converting simply bromised collodion into what we will for convenience designate ‘collodio-bromide of silver’ by the addition of the combining equivalent of nitrate of silver to the previously bromised collodion.
1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 266 Collodio-Bromide Process.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 61 A Collodio-bromide Emulsion.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 20 May 4/3 Mr. William Blanshard Bolton..worked out and published the collodio-bromide process of photography. In 1874 his process was perfected, and became the universal method of working collodion dry-plates.
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