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

About this eBook

Author

Wilkinson, W. T.

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TR: Technology: Photography

Subject

Photomechanical processes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52378

Release Date

June 19, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Pho­to-en­grav­ing, Pho­to-etch­ing, and Pho­to-lith­og­raphy in Line and Half-tone; Al­so Col­lo­type and Hel­i­o­type; By W. T. Wilk­in­son, Re­vised and En­larged by Ed­ward L. Wil­son.
2. 2.PREFACE. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.PART I. PHOTO-ENGRAVING IN LINE. — CHAPTER I. APPLIANCES FOR MAKING PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE WET COLLODION PROCESS. — THE COLLODION. — THE IODIZER — THE NITRATE OF SILVER BATH (1). — THE NITRATE OF SILVER BATH (2). — THE DEVELOPING SOLUTION. — THE FIXING OR CLEARING SOLUTION. — THE INTENSIFIER. — PROTECTING THE COLLODION FILM. — THE GLASS PLATE.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. PHOTOGRAPHIC MANIPULATIONS. — THE USE OF GELATINE DRY PLATES IN PHOTO-ENGRAVING. — THE REPRODUCTION OF NEGATIVES. — STRIPPING COLLODION FILMS. — THE REVERSING MIRROR.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. APPARATUS FOR PRINTING UPON ZINC. — POLISHING THE ZINC. — GRAINING THE PLATE. — COATING THE PLATE WITH SENSITIVE ALBUMEN. — DRYING THE COATED ZINC. — THE PRINTING FRAME. — TIMING AND EXPOSURE. — INKING THE EXPOSED ZINC.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. PRINTING ON THE ZINC IN ALBUMEN.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. PRINTING ON ZINC IN BITUMEN. — DEVELOPING THE IMAGE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. DIRECT TRANSFERS TO ZINC.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. ETCHING LINE TRANSFERS.
12. 12.PART II. PHOTO-ENGRAVING IN HALF-TONE. — CHAPTER I. RETROSPECTIVE.
13. 13.CHAPTER II. MAKING GRAINED NEGATIVES. — THE SCREEN. — THE GRAINED NEGATIVE.
14. 14.CHAPTER III. ETCHING IN HALF-TONE. — WHEN THE PRINT IS IN ALBUMEN. — WHEN THE IMAGE IS IN BITUMEN.
15. 15.CHAPTER IV. PRINTING FROM THE BLOCK.
16. 16.CHAPTER V. THE TRANSFER OF THE DRAWING, AND ITS TREATMENT BEFORE ETCHING. — THE FURTHER TREATMENT OF THE TRANSFER. — THE ETCHING AND ITS INTERMEDIATE TREATMENT BEFORE MOUNTING THE CLICHÉ. — ETCHING BY THE FRENCH METHOD. — THE AUSTRIAN METHOD—THE ETCHING ON. — MIDDLE ETCHING. — DEEP ETCHING. — ROUND ETCHING. — CLEAN ETCHING. — FINISHING AND MOUNTING THE PLATE.
17. 17.CHAPTER VI. HINTS FROM ALL SOURCES. — AS TO THE DRAWING. — FADING OUT THE PHOTOGRAPH. — THE REVERSAL OF DRAWINGS (NEGATIVE PRINTING). — ETCHING APPARATUS. — THE BEST DRYING BOX. — TO PRODUCE GRAIN ON A NEGATIVE. — ON THE USE OF ACIDS. — MULTIPLICATION OF ZINC ETCHINGS BY GALVANIC MEANS AND BY STEREOTYPING. — PREPARING ZINC PLATES ON THE PRINTER’S PRESS. — ETCHING WITH SULPHATE OF COPPER SOLUTION. — PROCESS FOR HIGH ETCHING IN RELIEF. — THE RUNNING OF A WORKSHOP. — SOME WRINKLES AND DODGES. — CARBON PRINTING. — COLAS’S BLACK PROCESS. — MORDANTS FOR ETCHING. — THE DIFFERENCE.
18. 18.PART III. PHOTO-ENGRAVING ON COPPER. — CHAPTER I. SUBJECTS IN LINE.
19. 19.CHAPTER II. HALF-TONE INTAGLIOS.
20. 20.CHAPTER III. HALF-TONE INTAGLIOS—( Continued ).
21. 21.CHAPTER IV. HALF-TONE INTAGLIOS. ELECTROTYPING METHODS.
22. 22.PART IV. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY IN LINE. — CHAPTER I.
23. 23.CHAPTER II. PAPER TRANSFERS.
24. 24.CHAPTER III. PAPER TRANSFERS—( Continued ).
25. 25.CHAPTER IV. TOOVEY’S NEGATIVE TRANSFER PROCESS.
26. 26.CHAPTER V. PHOTO-LITHO. TRANSFERS. — TO DEVELOP PHOTO-LITHO. TRANSFERS.
27. 27.PART V. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHY IN HALF-TONE. — CHAPTER I.
28. 28.CHAPTER II. INK PHOTOS.
29. 29.CHAPTER III. HUSBAND’S PAPYROTINT PROCESS.
30. 30.PART VI. COLLOGRAPHIC PRINTING. — CHAPTER I. HALF-TONE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES.
31. 31.CHAPTER II. THE HELIOTYPE PROCESS. — THE ROLLERS. — PREPARATION AND CARE OF THE ROLLERS. — HELIOTYPE SKIN — THE PEWTER PLATE. — THE MASK. — THE HELIOTYPE SKIN. — PRINTING THE PICTURE. — EXPOSURE TO LIGHT — SUNNING THE BACK OF THE SKIN. — MOUNTING ON THE PEWTER PLATE. — PRINTING FROM THE SKIN.
32. 32.CHAPTER III. THE COLLOTYPE PROCESS. — THE PRELIMINARY COATING OF
33. 33.CHAPTER IV. PRINTING FROM THE COLLOTYPE PLATE.
34. 34.CHAPTER V. THE NEW HOME PRINTING PROCESS. — INDEX. — ADVERTISEMENTS

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