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Description: April, 1841 illustration by Joseph Alexander Adams from the US magazine American Repertory. The illustration compares printing using a wood carving and using a copper electrotype made from the same carving. It is among the earliest images printed using electrotyping; for more than 125 years afterward, electrotyping and stereotyping were widely used printing technologies.
Title: AdamsElectrotype1840
Credit: http://www.jce.divched.org/journal/issues/1938/Dec/jceSubscriber/JCE1938p0565.pdf
Author: Joseph Alexander Adams
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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