Platinotype : its preparation and manipulation (1895)
Abney, William de Wiveleslie, Sir, 1843-1920, Clark, Lyonel · London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co. · leaf 71
DETAILS OF THE HOT- BATH PROCESS. 65 A slightly different plan has also been suggested — very suitable where smaller pieces of paper are coated— and that is to clip the top of the sheet of paper laid out on a sheet of glass by a wooden or glass toggle clip. Such a clip is instantly constructed by… … The glass clip is, of course, made the full width of the paper to be coated, and, therefore, holds the whole of one end of the sheet firmly. The left hand is then used to hold the bottom of the sheet extended, whilst the right hand does the coating. If it be preferred, the two systems can be…
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