A Dictionary of the Art of PrintingLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 - 815 páginas |
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... engravings on wood is also a subject that has particu- larly interested me , the practice of which I have given at length : the result of my experience confirms the opinion that the press is infinitely superior to the machine for this ...
... engravings on wood is also a subject that has particu- larly interested me , the practice of which I have given at length : the result of my experience confirms the opinion that the press is infinitely superior to the machine for this ...
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... engravings with neatness . When the pressmen leave work at night , the pelt balls are capped ; that is , they are wrapped up , each in a blanket steeped in urine ; and this is always done when they are not in use : it keeps them soft ...
... engravings with neatness . When the pressmen leave work at night , the pelt balls are capped ; that is , they are wrapped up , each in a blanket steeped in urine ; and this is always done when they are not in use : it keeps them soft ...
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... engraving . See COMPOSITION . BALL STOCKS . Turned of Alder or Maple . They are about seven inches in diameter , and have their under side turned hollow , to contain the greater quantity of wool or hair , to keep the ball leathers plump ...
... engraving . See COMPOSITION . BALL STOCKS . Turned of Alder or Maple . They are about seven inches in diameter , and have their under side turned hollow , to contain the greater quantity of wool or hair , to keep the ball leathers plump ...
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... engraving on wood is at press , the workman should be most particularly careful , as an accident might thus spoil an expensive work of art , which it might be impossible to replace . When a Batter unfortunately happens at press in ...
... engraving on wood is at press , the workman should be most particularly careful , as an accident might thus spoil an expensive work of art , which it might be impossible to replace . When a Batter unfortunately happens at press in ...
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... Engraver , the Founder , and the Printer . To the merit of inven- tion he was compelled to add the application of personal labour . With a rapidity unknown in Europe , he surmounted all the obstacles which necessarily clog the first ...
... Engraver , the Founder , and the Printer . To the merit of inven- tion he was compelled to add the application of personal labour . With a rapidity unknown in Europe , he surmounted all the obstacles which necessarily clog the first ...
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aforesaid alphabet antimony balls Books botanist Brevier Button-board called Caslon cast cause characters colour Commissioners composed composing stick compositor consonant contained copy cylinder Demy designate the number double English engraving equal Excise Exod figures fold Folio 4to French botanist frisket furniture further enacted Greek Half Sheet head Hebrew hereby impression inches Inner Form iron Justice letters London Majesty manner matter metal Mill-board Newspaper Nonpareil NUMBER OF THOUSANDS octavo Offence Officer Outer Form page paper paid Pamphlet paper Parliament Paste-board Penalty Person or Persons Pica piece Plantarum plate Pounds present pressman preterite printed or published Printer pull quadrats quarto Quires quoins reglet respectively roller Scale-board Scotland screw Sheet of Long Sheet of Twelves side Signatures space Stamp Duties surface thereof thick top designate tympan types United Kingdom University of Oxford vols vowel wood word writing
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