A technical dictionary of printmaking, André Béguin.
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whirler
A rotating surface on which a plate is placed when it is due to receive a photosensitive layer. The resulting rotation of the plate ensures that this layer is spread in a uniformly thick way. Whirlers are used in helographic work.
[photogravure]
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