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Emulsion   Listen
noun
Emulsion  n.  Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as:
(a)
In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance.
(b)
In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.






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"Emulsion" Quotes from Famous Books



... every possible respect is absolutely essential during the process of development, until the film is dry once more. The most minute speck of dust or foreign matter might adhere to the wet emulsion permanently disfiguring it. Therefore to avoid this the utmost care must be maintained throughout, and the negative is now ready to be projected on the screen for the first time in order to see that it is technically perfect in quality, and to decide upon the possibilities ...
— How I Filmed the War - A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who - Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. • Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

... test was devised by Noguchi for the presence of syphilis, and is performed by injecting into the skin an emulsion of dead germs. A pustule forms if the test is positive. It is of practical value only in late syphilis, and a negative test is no proof of the absence of the disease. Positive tests are sometimes obtained when syphilis is not present. For these reasons ...
— The Third Great Plague - A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People • John H. Stokes

... roads, lacking depth of road-metal, were speedily torn to pieces by the heavy traffic of motors and steam traction engines. Passing cars and lorries sprayed the hedges with a thin mud-emulsion formed from the road binder, and exposed the sharp flints which, like so much broken glass, tore to pieces the tires of ...
— On the Fringe of the Great Fight • George G. Nasmith

... the birds and animals and flowers and chemicals mate in their seasons. The human pairs advertised their union by numberless rites of numberless religions and non-religions. The presence or absence of rite or its nature seemed to make little difference in the prosperity of the emulsion. The presence or absence of romance seemed to make little difference, either. But it seemed to be generally agreed upon as a policy around the world that marriage should be made exceedingly easy, and unmarriage exceedingly difficult. In recruiting armies the same plan is ...
— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes



Words linked to "Emulsion" :   colloid, photographic emulsion, emulsify, chemical science, coating, silver nitrate



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