Modern methods of illustrating books / [Henry Trueman Wood].

  • Wood, Henry Trueman, 1845-1929.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Modern methods of illustrating books / [Henry Trueman Wood]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Zuccato uses a different application of the same principle. In one of the devices proposed a piece of type metal or similar surface planed into a series of ridges, or pyramids, is inked and pressed against the relief, with a piece of very thin paper interposed; the relief crushes down the pyramids in proportion to its depth. The pyramid of type metal is spread out, and forms a sharply-cut outline on the paper, and in this way a transfer is obtained which is said to have a remarkable clearness of outline. In another process he interposes between the relief and a sheet of transfer paper a piece of gauze, or a piece of silk which has been inked with transfer ink; the threads of the gauze get crushed out to a greater or less extent, and form lines of greater or less width; but this method in which the gauze is crushed down is not nearly so perfect as the method with the plate of type metal.^ Another device of the same inventor is ^ Bolas, Cantor Lectures, Society of Arts Journal, vol. xxxii. p. 1092.