Definitions for calotype

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Wiktionary

  1. calotype(Noun)

    A talbotype

  2. Origin: From κάλο, "good", and τύπος, "impression".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Calotype(noun)

    a method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Calotype

    a process of photography invented by Fox Talbot in 1840, by means of the action of light on nitrate of silver.


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