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Page 191 - ... which form the lights of the print, to a sufficient depth ; but in glyphography the depth of these parts is formed by the remaining portions of the white composition on the plate, analogous to the thickness or height of which must be the depth on the block, seeing that the latter is, in fact (to simplify the matter), a cast or reverse, of the former. But if this composition were spread on the plate as thickly as required for this purpose, it would be impossible for the artist to put either close,...
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| Title | The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art |
| Editors | Charles W. Vincent, James Mason |
| Contributor | John Timbs |
| Publisher | Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2006 |
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