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Photo-engraving, Photo-etching and Photo-lithography in Line and Half-tone / Also Collotype and Heliotype

Chapter 2: Preface.
By W. T. Wilkinson
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A practical manual presents step-by-step methods for producing photographic reproductions for printing, covering line and half-tone processes, photo-engraving, photo-etching, photo-lithography, collotype, and heliotype. It describes necessary apparatus, darkroom manipulations, chemical preparations, plate and transfer techniques, etching and printing on metal, and half-tone grain and transfer treatments. Chapters combine technical explanations, procedural recipes, troubleshooting hints, and illustrative examples and diagrams to guide readers through setup and execution.

PREFACE.

The many kind letters I have received from America with regard to what must be called my first crude effort at bookmaking, prompted the idea—after issuing a second and revised edition in England—of making an attempt to cater for the inhabitants of Greater Britain, which, under the able editorship of MR. EDWARD L. WILSON will, I have no doubt, meet with approbation and be useful. I have made many important additions to the last English edition.

W. T. WILKINSON.

LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

Besides revising the English edition and incorporating in proper place such additions as I have found useful in practice, I have boiled down the best points from current publications in France and Germany, and added them.

More still, with high regard for the author, I add chapters and parts from, the Handbuch der Chemigraphie und Photochemigraphie, by Mr. J. O. Mörch. Thus, I believe, this work is made complete to date. All the rest must come to the worker, from industrious, careful practice.

Very rapid progress has been made in photo-reproductive processes during the past two years, and improvements are announced almost weekly. I invite all interested to keep me informed of what they discover. If I am supplied with the proper addresses I shall publish and distribute what I learn.

EDWARD L. WILSON.

NEW YORK, May, 1888.

  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

    •  . . . 10

      The Reversing Mirror ♦

    •  . . . 25

      The Dark-room ♦

    •  . . . 37

      The Plate-support ♦

    •  . . . 42

      The Whirler ♦

    •  . . . 67

      The Copying Camera ♦

    •  . . . 88

      Example of Zinc Etching (low) ♦

    •  . . . 90

      Example of Zinc Etching (high) ♦

    •  . . . 92

      Example of Zinc Etching (round) ♦

    •  . . . 93

      The Caliber-bridge ♦

    •  . . . 98

      The Sieve ♦

    •  . . . 98

      The Heating Lamp ♦

    •  . . . 98

      The Washing Table ♦

    •  . . . 117

      Example of Photo-engraving ♦

    •  . . . 118

      Example of Half-tone Engraving ♦

    •  . . . 124

      The Dusting-box ♦

    •  . . . 141

      The Transfer-board ♦

    •  . . . 167

      The Drying-oven ♦

    •  . . . 168

      Support for the Drying-oven ♦

    •  . . . 168

      Jacket for the Drying-oven ♦

    •  . . . 168

      Copper Tank for the Drying-oven ♦

    •  . . . 169

      Interior plan for the Drying-oven ♦

    •  . . . 174

      A New Drying-oven ♦

    •  . . . 178

      The Universal Copying Machine ♦

  • CONTENTS.

    • PART I. PHOTO-ENGRAVING IN LINE.
      • CHAPTER I. ♦  . . . 9 APPLIANCES FOR MAKING PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
      • CHAPTER II. ♦  . . . 11 THE WET COLLODION PROCESS
      • CHAPTER III. ♦  . . . 24 PHOTOGRAPHIC MANIPULATIONS
      • CHAPTER IV. ♦  . . . 39 APPARATUS FOR PRINTING UPON ZINC
      • CHAPTER V. ♦  . . . 45 PRINTING ON ZINC IN ALBUMEN
      • CHAPTER VI. ♦  . . . 48 PRINTING ON ZINC IN BITUMEN
      • CHAPTER VII. ♦  . . . 51 DIRECT TRANSFERS TO ZINC
      • CHAPTER VIII. ♦  . . . 55 ETCHING LINE TRANSFERS
    • PART II. PHOTO-ENGRAVING IN HALF-TONE.
      • CHAPTER I. ♦  . . . 63 RETROSPECTIVE
      • CHAPTER II. ♦  . . . 65 MAKING GRAINED NEGATIVES
      • CHAPTER III. ♦  . . . 69 ETCHING IN HALF-TONE
      • CHAPTER IV. ♦  . . . 72 PRINTING FROM THE BLOCK
      • CHAPTER V. ♦  . . . 73 THE TRANSFER OF THE DRAWING, AND ITS TREATMENT BEFORE ETCHING
      • CHAPTER VI. ♦  . . . 94 HINTS FROM ALL SOURCES
    • PART III. PHOTO-ENGRAVING ON COPPER.
      • CHAPTER I. ♦  . . . 119 SUBJECTS IN LINE
      • CHAPTER II. ♦  . . . 122 HALF-TONE INTAGLIOS
      • CHAPTER III. ♦  . . . 124 HALF-TONE INTAGLIOS—(Continued)
      • CHAPTER IV. ♦  . . . 127 HALF-TONE INTAGLIOS. ELECTROTYPING METHODS
    • PART IV. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY IN LINE.
      • CHAPTER I. ♦  . . . 129 PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY IN LINE
      • CHAPTER II. ♦  . . . 132 PAPER TRANSFERS
      • CHAPTER III. ♦  . . . 136 PAPER TRANSFERS—(Continued)
      • CHAPTER IV. ♦  . . . 139 TOOVEY’S NEGATIVE TRANSFER PROCESS
      • CHAPTER V. ♦  . . . 140 PHOTO-LITHO. TRANSFERS
    • PART V. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY IN HALF-TONE.
      • CHAPTER I. ♦  . . . 143 PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY IN HALF-TONE
      • CHAPTER II. ♦  . . . 144 INK PHOTOS
      • CHAPTER III. ♦  . . . 147 HUSBAND’S PAPYROTINT PROCESS
    • PART VI. COLLOGRAPHIC PRINTING.
      • CHAPTER I. ♦  . . . 151 HALF-TONE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES
      • CHAPTER II. ♦  . . . 152 THE HELIOTYPE PROCESS
      • CHAPTER III. ♦  . . . 163 THE COLLOTYPE PROCESS
      • CHAPTER IV. ♦  . . . 171 PRINTING FROM THE COLLOTYPE PLATE
      • CHAPTER V. ♦  . . . 178 THE NEW HOME PRINTING PROCESS