Engraving

Examples

• As allied branches of the photographic art, photo-engraving, photo-lithographing, and half-tone engraving are important developments of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Tainter, who in 1886 patented in the United States means of cutting or engraving the sound waves in a solid body. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Pretschi, have also successfully directed their attention to engraving the images of the camera, which has now obtained a high degree of perfection. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Yes, and more than that, this process of engraving is dimming to the eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I get my bread by drawing and engraving on wood for the cheap periodicals. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The plate is then returned to the engraving department, which completes the work, burnishing darks, engraving highlights, removing slight imperfections and otherwise perfecting the plate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The effect of changing the direction of the light may be readily perceived by making a drawing on both sides of a sheet of paper, as shown in the annexed engraving. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• For every particular use to which an engraving can be put, there is some particular style or grade of engraving better adapted than any other. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nine separate men handle each engraving in the halftone department. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The Story in Photo-Engraving[30] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Fig.?3, copied from an old engraving, shows this latter arrangement. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I am going to look out an engraving which Fred is tall enough to hang for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Encouraged by his wife’s great interest, and spurred on by the passion for invention, Gutenberg now set himself seriously to study the problem of engraving. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This method of printing finds application in fine line engraving in works of art, card invitations, and bank note engraving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Poor young Plymdale had lingered with admiration over this very engraving, and his spirit was stirred. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Here was a grand Oriental picture which I had worshiped a thousand times in soft, rich steel engravings! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We will turn over my Italian engravings together, continued that good-natured man. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The production of engravings is just as highly technical and scientific and involves as much experience and judgment in their application as any of the learned professions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• One day Gutenberg told him that they needed a good man to cut the designs for the engravings. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They superseded wood engravings, which for years has been the recognized medium for illustrations to print on a type printing press. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Cowper recommended the Religious Tract Society to put aside their coarse woodcuts, to have superior wood engravings, and to print with his machine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Photo-engravings are a comparatively modern product. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Each number, published weekly, consisted of eight pages of letterpress, illustrated with good wood engravings. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The means he employs of doing so are at present kept secret, but he has shown its practicability by copying, on wood engravings, Mr. George Cruikshank's series of The Bottle. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• By the process of electrotyping, plates of metal duplicating exactly the printing surface of the type and engravings in the original page, can be made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Oriental scenes look best in steel engravings. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It is also employed economically for engravings, to give a fine surface to a thick sheet of coarser material. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Photo-engravings, broadly speaking, are divided into two classes--line engravings and halftones. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Among the many applications of lithography, the transfer of copper-plate engravings is one of the most useful. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Fifty proofs of steel engravings and lithographs were scattered around, too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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