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What is the word Ambrotype mean

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The ambrotype is a direct positive monochrome photographic process. It is a wet collodion glass plate negative which when viewed against a dark background looks like a positive photograph. The choice of the term "ambrotype", from the Greek "ambrotos" meaning "imperishable" or "immortal", is probably linked to the durability of the glass base.
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"is a positive photograph on glass made by a variant of the wet plate collodion process. Like a print on paper, it is viewed by reflected light."

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