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Amos Doolittle (May 18, 1754 – January 30, 1832) [1] was an American engraver and silversmith, known as "The Revere of Connecticut." [2] His engravings included portraits and maps, made in his New Haven, Connecticut studio.
Laser engraving metal plates are manufactured with a finely polished metal, coated with an enamel paint made to be "burned off". At levels of 10 to 30 watts, excellent engravings are made as the enamel is removed quite cleanly. Much laser engraving is sold as exposed brass or silver-coated steel lettering on a black or dark-enamelled background.
Other terms often used for printed engravings are copper engraving, copper-plate engraving or line engraving. Steel engraving is the same technique, on steel or steel-faced plates, and was mostly used for banknotes, illustrations for books, magazines and reproductive prints, letterheads and similar uses from about 1790 to the early 20th century, when the technique became less popular, except ...
He was a steel-plate engraver and was known for his engravings of presidential portraits. [27] Another BEP engraver named Charles Schlecht began his engraving career at the American Bank Note Company. [28] He later engraved the scene on the obverse of the United States one-dollar bill for the 1896 Educational Series: History Instructing Youth ...
The elements of engraving with the burin are evident in the engraving of letters, specifically, the capital letter B. This letter consists of two perpendicular straight lines and four distinct curves. The engraver scratches these lines, reversed, very lightly with a sharp point or stylus. Next, the engraver cuts out the blacks (not the whites ...
A look inside a Quantel Paintbox. The Quantel Paintbox [1] was a dedicated computer graphics workstation for composition of broadcast television video and graphics. Produced by the British production equipment manufacturer Quantel (which, via a series of mergers, is now part of Grass Valley), its design emphasized the studio workflow efficiency required for live news production.