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 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
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
An electrotype and stereotype mat service for national advertising in country papers is another important Western Newspaper Union activity.
From Time Magazine Archive
He could electrotype falsehood with the external appearance of truth, and he had no lack of that lacquer which brazens out a fraud with the brass of impudence.
From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
From a properly etched plate hundreds of thousands of prints may be obtained, or it may be electrotyped or stereotyped and multiplied indefinitely.—G.S.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 by Various
No. Most books are electrotyped, the machinery being much less complex than is the newspaper press.
From Paul and the Printing Press by Scott, A. O. (Arthur O.)
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)
All rights reserved Published April, 1920 Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co.,
From Paul and the Printing Press by Scott, A. O. (Arthur O.)
The Armenian Bible, with marginal references, electrotyped and printed in New York by the American Bible Society, was highly prized.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus
This observation was the first step in the process of electroplating, which is electrotyping when applied to the art of typography.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
A. This can be done by coating with plumbago, and then electrotyping with copper, in a way familiar to most printers and to all electrotyping establishments.
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.
After several sets of F-proofs have been taken, the form is carried to the moulding or "battery" room of the electrotyping department, where it leaves its perfect impress in the receptive wax.
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.
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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