Lithography
[lɪ'θɒgrəfɪ] or [lɪ'θɑɡrəfi]
Definition
(noun.) the act of making a lithographic print.
(noun.) a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface.
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Definition
(n.) The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.
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Examples
- The principle on which Lithography depends is the different chemical affinities of water for oily and for earthy substances, which cause it to run off from the one and adhere to the other. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The most extensive application of photo-lithography is in the reproduction of the Patent Office drawings, which amount to about 60,000 sheets weekly. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Senefelder had advanced thus far, he had not yet made application of the chemical properties of ink and water, which constitute the distinguishing characteristics of Lithography. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- For photo-lithography only line drawing, type print, or script, without any smooth shading, can be employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A more recent and quite important development of this art is photo-lithography, which will be more fully considered under photography. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He turned his attention afterwards to music; and it was in his attempts to devise some means of printing his compositions economically that he chanced to discover the art of Lithography. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The plan succeeded, and the principle of the art of Lithography was thus applied to practice. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The expense of doing this limited the use of lithography. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It finds its greatest application in artistic and fanciful work in inks of various colors, and its development into chromo-lithography in the Nineteenth Century has grown into a fine art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In _photo-lithography_ the photograph is transferred to the stone, and the latter then used to print from, as in lithography. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Lithography was invented in 1798 by Alois Senefelder, of Munich. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Among the many applications of lithography, the transfer of copper-plate engravings is one of the most useful. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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