Stereotyping and electrotyping specimens

Stereotyping and electrotyping specimens and materials

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Category:: Printing & Writing

Object Number:: 1989-700

type:: specimens

credit:: Smart, H.G.

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Parts

Lead electrotype mould

Lead electrotype mould

Lead electrotype mould depicting reduced-scale cover of "Farm and Country" magazine

Object Number:: 1989-700 Pt1

type:: molds

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Beeswax electrotype mould covered with graphite ready for deposition of copper

Beeswax electrotype mould covered with graphite ready for deposition of copper

Beeswax electrotype mould covered with graphite ready for deposition of copper, depicting a female figure

Object Number:: 1989-700 Pt2

type:: molds

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Specimen of tissues and papers used to produce "wet flong" for stereotyping

Specimen of tissues and papers used to produce "wet flong" for stereotyping

Specimen of tissues and papers used to produce "wet flong" for stereotyping

Object Number:: 1989-700 Pt3

type:: papers

Stereotype matrix of typematter

Stereotype matrix of typematter

Stereotype matrix of typematter, produced by hand beating (wet flong process)

Object Number:: 1989-700 Pt4

type:: matrix

Nickel-faced stereotype

Nickel-faced stereotype

Nickel-faced stereotype produced from 1989-700 pt.4

Object Number:: 1989-700 Pt5

type:: sterotype