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Definition: MELANOTYPE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Melanotype" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Melanotype \Me*lan"o*type\, noun. [from Greek expression me`las, -anos, black -type.]. (references)

Definition: MELANOTYPE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "MELANOTYPE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Melanotype \Me*lan"o*type\, noun. [from Greek expression me`las, -anos, black -type.]. (references)