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Mucilage mixed with water has been used as a glue, especially for bonding paper items such as labels, postage stamps, and envelope flaps. [7] Differing types and varying strengths of mucilage can also be used for other adhesive applications, including gluing labels to metal cans, wood to china, and leather to pasteboard. [ 8 ]
A demulcent cough drop. A demulcent (derived from the Latin: demulcere "caress") is a mucilaginous or oleaginous preparation [1] that forms a soothing protective film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane. [2]
Mucigel is a slimy substance that covers the root cap of the roots of plants.It is a highly hydrated polysaccharide, [1] most likely a pectin, which is secreted from the outermost (epidermal) cells of the rootcap.
Used in reference to maximum continuous shooting rate or video. [17] GIF: Graphics Interchange Format. A computer file format for coloured images, restricted to 256 colours and useful for small file-size. [8] GN: Guide number. A value indicating the power of an electronic flash apparatus, and used to estimate exposure. GN = distance × f-number.
Many photographic chemicals use non-biodegradable compounds, such as EDTA, DTPA, NTA and borate. EDTA, DTPA, and NTA are very often used as chelating agents in all processing solutions, particularly in developers and washing aid solutions. EDTA and other polyamine polycarboxylic acids are used as iron ligands in colour bleach solutions. These ...
The origin of the term "footage" comes from early 35 mm silent film, which is traditionally measured in feet and frames.The fact that film was measured by length in cutting rooms, and that there are 16 frames (4-perf film format) in a foot of 35 mm film (518.4 frames/meter), which roughly represented 1 second of screen time in some early silent films, made footage a natural unit of measure for ...
Cross processing was most prominently used in fashion photography in the 1990s. [6] [7] Some notable pioneers of the fashion photography craze include Nick Knight and Anton Corbijn. [5] Cross processing has been used as a cinematography technique in various movies beginning in the 1990s. Some of these movies include Clockers, U-Turn, and Get on ...
The Two Ways of Life, a moralistic photo montage of Rejlanders own work, 1857-a choice between vice (at left) and virtue (at right) Robinson's Fading Away (1858) The first and most famous mid-Victorian photomontage (then called combination printing ) was "The Two Ways of Life" (1857) by Oscar Rejlander , [ 3 ] followed shortly thereafter by the ...