electrotype
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a facsimile, for use in printing, of a block of type, an engraving, or the like, consisting of a thin copper or nickel shell deposited by electrolytic action in a wax, lead, or plastic mold of the original and backed with lead alloy.
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Sarah Awad's bold, weighty "Instruments of Culture" paintings are based on scenes in the cast courts in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London — the galleries that house the V&A's plaster-cast and electrotype reproductions.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2011
An electrotype and stereotype mat service for national advertising in country papers is another important Western Newspaper Union activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
This curved electrotype plate, being examined before it is fitted on one of the presses, is several steps removed from the linotype.
From Time Magazine Archive
This second novel by a young "proletarian" whose Union Square won him a Guggenheim Fellowship tells of workers and bosses in an electrotype foundry.
From Time Magazine Archive
District Court, held, where an electrotyper had sold to a third party an unauthorized electrotype of a copyrighted illustration, that the copyright law was not violated because the illustration had not been printed or published.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers
The pages of Arabic were electrotyped in Beirût by Mr. Samuel Hallock, the skilful superintendent of the American Press.
From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)
So it was only after the printing of an edition that the blocks were electrotyped.
From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
All rights reserved Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co.,
From The Child's Book of American Biography by Stimpson, Mary Stoyell
Important Announcement.—As we have electrotyped our Magazine, we can supply any number of this issue.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various
Published September, 1917 Second edition, 1918 Third edition, August, 1920 Reprinted, January, 1922 Set up, electrotyped and printed by Vail-Ballou Co.,
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
In less than sixty days in 1846, Mr. Wilcox had put into practical use every essential principle known for the next twenty-five years in electrotyping.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
The determining factors in this phase of electrotyping are the composition of the electrolytic bath, its temperature, and the current density applied.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
The necessary preparations were completed in 1868 for electrotyping the Arabic Scriptures in Beirût.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus
The electrotyping process would puzzle him somewhat; the drying and pressing process would startle him; the bustle would make his head ache; and the stock-room would quite finish him.
From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan
Because of their wearing qualities and economy, however, copper and nickel are the two metals commercially used for electrotyping.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
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