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calotype
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calotype [′kal·ə‚tīp]
(graphic arts)
An obsolete method of photography in which paper is treated with silver iodide, silver nitrate, and acetic and gallic acids; after exposure the paper is developed in a solution of silver nitrate and gallic acid.
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After experimenting with various methods like Daguerre and calotype process, finally collodion, or the wet plate technique was universally accepted.
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This led to the growing need of finding a way to copy pictures and finally led to the invention of the Calotype process by William Henry Fox Talbot.
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The daguerreotype process used copper plates for this purpose while the calotype process recorded the images on paper.
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