A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Casting box
A box in which a plate is made by pouring molten lead into a flong. Casting boxes are also found in typeseting machines. Casts are taken of a compostion, a plate, or a flong. [galvanoplasty, stereotyping].
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