collodion

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• He had for some time past suffered from excessive cerebro-spinal irritability, for the relief of which cantharidal collodion had been employed in the cervico-spinal region (the same had also been used in the hepatic region, to meet the diagnostic views of some one of his medical attendants). The Electric Bath
• The plate was first coated with collodion, a toxic and inflammable mixture that could be bought from druggists since in its simple state it was used to dress wounds.
• Dissolved in a solution of two parts ether and one of alcohol, it forms the solution known as collodion, used for a variety of purposes, such as a varnish, as Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise
• The industry in 'artificial silks' or 'lustra-celluloses,' by the collodion processes also, whilst presenting features of unusual interest attaching to rapid expansion, has been barren of contribution of fundamental scientific or technical importance. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
• A crystalloid, e.g. common salt, is characterized in that it passes in the dissolved state readily through membranes such as parchment paper or collodion films and also that it exhibits a rapid free diffusion. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1925 - Presentation Speech
• The plates had to be sensitised just before the photograph was taken, and since this was the era of the wet collodion process and Egypt was very hot, many times Frith's collodion boiled while he was trying to coat his glass plates.
• The most highly nitrated body forms the basis of the explosive variety; the least highly nitrated forms that of the soluble gun cotton used for making collodion for photographic and other purposes. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student
• The so-called wet-plate process employed by Watkins involved a collodion emulsion holding light-sensitive silver salts, which was applied to the large glass plate for exposure for a minute or more before drying, then developed and printed on albumenized paper. His Best Shot
• The plates had to be sensitised just before the photograph was taken, and since this was the era of the wet collodion process and Egypt was very hot, many times Frith's collodion boiled while he was trying to coat his glass plates.
• collodion," which is a solution of collodion-cotton in ether-alcohol; for the preparation of celluloid, and many other purposes. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise