A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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Electrotype
A relief copper plate obtained by galvanoplastic means. A curved or flat duplicate printing plate (the original of which is a halftone, line engraving, type or combination) made by the electrotyping process, consisting of a copper or nickel-and-copper shell, (sometimes faced with a coating of chromium) backed up with an alloy of lead, tin and antimony, known as electrotype metal.
f galvano, galvanotype, electro, d Galvano n galvano.
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