Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the reproduction of forms by electrotypy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
galvanoplasty .
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Examples
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The imprint on matrix in cameo, having been coated with graphite, is then placed vertically in a galvanoplastic bath, and a cast, an exact reproduction of the wood-engraving, is obtained.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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The galvanoplastic process of M. Coblence for obtaining electrotypes of wood-engravings is as follows: A frame is laid upon a marble block, and then covered with a solution of wax, colophane, and turpentine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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The liquid of the bath supplies material for both deposits, while in galvanoplastic operations the anode supplies it to the cathode.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Various
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The plate from which the print is taken has been copied by the galvanoplastic process, so that it can serve for other art-unions also.
The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 Various
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My portrait I shall send you through H.; the medallion I must order from Paris, as there are only galvanoplastic copies in Germany.
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