Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A process for producing plates which will give impressions after the manner of a plate used in copperplate engraving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
- noun A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The art or process of
depositing metals byelectricity ;electrotypy . - noun A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching)
copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
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This is the first time that galvanography has been applied to such a purpose.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various
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