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

by W. T. Wilkinson

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