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ALTHOUGH the editor has nothing particularly new to bring forward this year, he has succeeded in making a very interesting and instructive volume. We think that the illustrations, which are many and various, reach a rather higher standard of excellence than that to which we have been accustomed. The editor tells us that undoubtedly, in time, all text-composing for printing will be done by a photo-mechanical process, and that this matter is still being worked at and progress made. Collotype, which many used to suppose to be too troublesome to work in this country, because of the vagaries of the climate, appears to be gaining in favour, and can be combined with offset methods to considerable advantage. An example of such a combination is given in a coloured collotype of Messrs. Howard and Jones. The history of the Print Society by Mr. M. F. Whittington, with offset examples, will be appreciated by many artists and collectors who favour etching as a means of expression. Mr. Gamble, in his “Review,” refers to the neglect of inventors and inventions, and we would heartily second his desire that such neglect might be avoided. He is, however, unfortunate in one of his examples —namely, the “Electrical Inkless Printing ” process, which was shown some five-and-twenty years ago by the late Mr. Friese Greene. Mr. Gamble says that Mr. Greene “was unable to find the necessary financial support, and the process died out of recollection.” The weak point of that method was diagnosed in a moment by those who were well grounded in scientific principles. The paper wis sensitised all over (essentially by a salt of manganese), but the sensitive material unused was not, and probably could not be economically, removed, The present writer has specimens that were then produced.— For years they have been covered with a dirty brown stain, often in smudges, and the staining has extended to the envelope that contains them.
Penrose's Annual. Vol. 24 of The Process Year Book and Review of the Graf Me Arts, 1922.
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J., C. Penrose's Annual Vol 24 of The Process Year Book and Review of the Graf Me Arts, 1922. Nature 108, 526–527 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108526a0
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