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
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
An electrotype and stereotype mat service for national advertising in country papers is another important Western Newspaper Union activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
The copper shell is removed from the mould by applying hot water; the shell is then backed up with electrotype metal to render it strong enough for use.
From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah
The American Tract Society had also electrotyped and printed several works for the mission, which were admired for their beauty, and were furnished more cheaply than they could have been prepared in Constantinople.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus
All rights reserved Published, September, 1914 Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co.,
From Little Women Letters from the House of Alcott by Alcott, Louisa May
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)
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by william t. adams, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. electrotyped at the boston stereotype foundry.
From The Birthday Party A Story for Little Folks by Optic, Oliver
As most book forms are electrotyped for flat-bed presses, and as it requires but little additional expense to curve the plates, this one item is not much of an obstacle to overcome.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.
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
He must proceed that night to investigate the little shop of the map-maker and look there for the evidence which would incriminate him––the photographic and electrotyping apparatus.
From The Crevice by Grefé, Will
Besides he made models of sawmills, fire-engines, steamboats, and electrotyping machines.
From James B. Eads by How, Louis
This quickening of the time required to deposit the shell was one of the most essential features in the development of commercial electrotyping.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
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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