Chrysotype

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chrysotype \Chrys"o*type\, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + -type.]
     1. A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the
        use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the
        application of chloride of gold. --Abney.
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     2. 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.
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