energiatype Obs.
(ɛˈnɜːdʒɪətaɪp)
[f. energia (see energy) + type.]
An earlier name for the photographic process called ferrotype.
| 1845 Athenæum 22 Feb. 203 The Energiatype, or, as the discoverer now names the process, the Ferrotype. 1859 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 550/2 Under the name of the energiatype, Mr. Hunt published an account of a process in which the salts of iron were used. |