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
An electrotype and stereotype mat service for national advertising in country papers is another important Western Newspaper Union activity.
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 is economy in the end and will save you grief, when the cost of space is considered.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
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
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.)
The paper was made, the type set, the plates electrotyped, and the printing and binding done in union shops affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
From Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by Spivak, John L.
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
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)
The process of electrotyping is as follows: The form is locked up very tightly, and is then coated with a surface of graphite, commonly known as blacklead, but it is a misnomer.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 by Various
In comparison with electrotyping, however, it has two distinct disadvantages.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
Perhaps one of the greatest forward steps in the development of electrotyping was made when the plating dynamo was invented.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
In 1837, thirty-eight years after Volta’s discovery, Mr. Thomas Spencer of Liverpool, England, accidentally stumbled upon the first realization of the electrotyping process.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
In 1839 the first attempt was made at commercial electrotyping in America.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.
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