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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When sufficient copies have been made, wash the hectograph with a wet cloth before putting it away.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education
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 Amos R. Wells
Ztg. to pour crude hydrochloric acid upon the hectograph, rub with a wad of cotton, then wash off by holding under cold running water and drying with a cloth.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 by Various
The teacher of Confucius was folding and unfolding the hectograph sheet.
From Botchan (Master Darling) by Yasotaro Morri
This was carefully printed by hand and then duplicated on the hectograph and issued in lots of twenty-five copies.
From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft
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