Albumeniser

/ˌælbjuˈmɛnaɪzər/ noun

Definition

A person or device that albumenises; something that applies or uses albumen in a process.

Etymology

From albumenise plus -er (agent noun), indicating a person or tool that performs the albumenisation process.

Kelly Says

In Victorian photography studios, the albumeniser was a crucial job—someone whose hands got sticky coating thousands of sheets of paper with egg white to create the era's most beloved photographs.

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