stannotypen.
/ˈstanəʊtʌɪp/ 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 attributive.
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1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 360 The Stannotype..is the invention of Mr. Woodbury.
1891 W. E. Woodbury 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].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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