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The city that sprawled across the upper-deck of the Station was invisible behind the halation of lights that bathed the deck in a silver-white glow.— Bookspotcentral
This, with glass plates, is inseparable, and even when much labor has been bestowed on backing them, the halation is painfully apparent These films never frill, being made of emulsion which has been made insoluble.— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
Chinese yellow is used largely in studios in place of white in make-up because it does not cause halation, which, to the picture people, is the bane of their existence.— The Film Mystery
To avoid halation use portrait film, take the view where there are no glaring lights, and develop with Azol.— Pictorial Photography in America 1921
The first advantage, which I soon discovered, is their entire freedom from halation.— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887

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