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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...ends of a cotton or linen thread. When an electrified body approaches one of these sensitive instruments, its presence is indicated by a separation of the strips of gold leaf or of the pith balls, as the case may be. Elec'troty'ping, the process of making a metallic cast of type or an engraving by electricity. The form of type or woodcut is cleansed and dusted with finely powdered graphite. It is then laid face upward on a powerful press, a sheet of beeswax upon a lead plate is placed on top of the form and an impression is taken in the press. The wax mold so formed is coated with powdered graphite to make it a conductor of electricity. After the loose particles of lead are blown off, the wax mold is washed with a weak solution of sulphate of copper; then it is dusted with iron filings. It is then suspended in a bath consisting of two parts of sulphate of copper and one part of sulphuric acid diluted somewhat in water. The wax plate is then connected with the negative pole of a battery, and a sheet of copper is hung in front of the wax and connected with the positive pole. The current is then turned on, and the copper is drawn from the plate and deposited upon the wax mold. After several hours the mold is removed from the bath, and the shell of copper is taken from the wax. It is then backed up with lead or type metal and planed smooth, when cold; the edges are then finished and the plate is ready for the press. The plate, when complete, is about one-eighth of an inch thick. It is then placed on a block or a frame to make it the same height as the type. Electrotypes are used in book and magazine printing and in the reproduction of engravings and halftones. See Halftone; Printing. Elegy, el'e jy, in its widest sense, a serious poem with a melancholy tone; mo...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130503289
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 456
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130503283
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 807 gr


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