melanotype

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melanotype - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Melanotype \Me*lan"o*type\, n. [Gr. me`las, me`lanos, black +
     -type.] (Photog.)
     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. [Written
     also melainotype.]
     [1913 Webster]