hectograph
Americannoun
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a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
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a machine for making such copies.
verb (used with object)
noun
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Also called: copygraph. a process for copying type or manuscript from a glycerine-coated gelatine master to which the original has been transferred
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a machine using this process
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Example Sentences
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When through using the hectograph wash it off with a moist sponge, and it will be ready for future use.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Every library should have one, though it is only a home-made affair, manufactured on a typewriter or a hectograph.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.
The hectograph may be taken as typical of manifolding processes analogous to lithography.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Lay a plain sheet on the hectograph and rub as before.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education
The original copy is written with a copying pencil or typewritten through a hectograph ribbon.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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