ferrotype

[ fer-uh-tahyp ]

/ ˈfɛr əˌtaɪp /

Photography

to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin).

Also called tintype. a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.

the process of making such photographs.

Origin of ferrotype

First recorded in 1835–45; ferro- + -type

I tried putting in a large number of these tubes, all in quantity, on the bottom of a ferrotype plate, but with no advantage.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 |Various
I put one on a piece of ferrotype plate, and that gave really the best result I ever got.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 |Various
Aristo prints can be mounted direct from the ferrotype plate or the ground-glass to which they have been squeegeed to dry.

Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 |Various
More often a photograph is taken on a ferrotype plate and the outlines scratched into the plate.

What Philately Teaches |John N. Luff

Now the ferrotype plate must be exactly free of the end of the core and that is all.

How to Make Electrical Machines |R. A. R. Bennett

ferrotype

/ (ˈfɛrəʊˌtaɪp) /

a photographic print produced directly in a camera by exposing a sheet of iron or tin coated with a sensitized enamel

the process by which such a print is produced

Systematic name: tintype