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  2. Wood engraving - Wikipedia

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    Leather-covered sandbag, wood blocks and tools (burins), used in wood engraving. Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure.

  3. Flammarion engraving - Wikipedia

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    The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist. Its first documented appearance is in the book L'atmosphère : météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"), published in 1888 by the French astronomer and writer Camille Flammarion. [1][2] Several authors during the 20th century considered it to be either a ...

  4. Laser engraving - Wikipedia

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    Laser marked electronic part. Laser engraving is the practice of using lasers to engrave an object. The engraving process renders a design by physically cutting into the object to remove material. The technique does not involve the use of inks or tool bits that contact the engraving surface and wear out, giving it an advantage over alternative ...

  5. George Mackley - Wikipedia

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    Career. Educated at the Judd School in Tunbridge, Kent, Mackley trained as a teacher of art at Goldsmiths' College, London, specializing in painting and etching. In 1935, he learned basic wood engraving technique from Noel Rooke. [1] Mackley's book Wood Engraving, published in 1948, remains one of the leading manuals of engraving techniques. [2]

  6. Burin (engraving) - Wikipedia

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    Burin (engraving) A burin diagram, showing the handle, shaft, cutting tip, and face. [1] The bend in the shaft is especially associated with wood engraving. [2] A burin (/ ˈbjʊərɪn, ˈbɜːrɪn / BUR (E)-in) is a steel cutting tool used in engraving, from the French burin (cold chisel). Its older English name and synonym is graver.

  7. Timothy Cole - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Timothy Cole was born in 1852 in London, England, his family emigrated to the United States in 1858. Wood engraving of Cole making a wood engraving. He established himself in Chicago, [3] where in the great fire of 1871 he lost everything he possessed. In 1875, he moved to New York City, finding work on the Century (then Scribner's ...

  8. Perpetual motion - Wikipedia

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    Robert Fludd's 1618 "water screw" perpetual motion machine from a 1660 wood engraving.It is widely credited as the first attempt to describe such a device. [note 1] [1] Something for Nothing (1940), a short film featuring Rube Goldberg illustrating the U.S. Patent Office's policy regarding perpetual motion machines (and the power efficiency of gasoline)

  9. Society of Wood Engravers - Wikipedia

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    The Society of Wood Engravers was founded on 27 March 1920 by a group of 10 artists who all wanted to promote wood engraving as a medium for modern artists. Unlike other societies of the time devoted to various aspects of relief printmaking, the SWE survived, successfully engaging up-coming generations, and celebrates its centenary in 2020.

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