Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-02-27
From the .,tw Tort Correspondence efhe National
Lfttigsne,r.
GREAT DISCOVERY.

GREAT DISCOVERY
Cousi derahlo sensaion has hen pndoeed among oor
engravrrs Is the al discovery, Which is 1ut
Is likely 10 Affect iheF Interests gfeai extent, but
which, u generally msde knewn. must lead to
qnenecs affecting the hprf currency .. the civilized
world. the mpuance ui whir IT is hardly possible Ia
rxangtra,e. indebted 10 Mr.. Chapman, the we'll
knnwn artist fof Of The invention, aud a
specimen Il plaIc prudncrd hnnph It's agency.
The discovery ,.uusiss ptu hy which eabn.
rate line engraving of any may he accurately
eupnd thai thcrr shall Ur no perrepble difference be
tween the original and The copy; by which rngrs.
wing steel eoppff may be rnduced from irnpres
ui the print the 1tlslnsl plate having been
by tie cupystabd the copied engraving being ca
pablo IT ,rldng ttom ten thansand 1" twenty thonssnd
Impressions. The pi,Juccr viii undertake Ia supply
Bank Vt Englsnd nole exaey crred tal tie person
uhu signed and i~snrd 1t sho,,ld be able 10 swear
which the original add witch The enpy.
From he sperimen m my pesse Obtained by his
ptuccss. aud which COPIED ifuD prof engraving oi
lhe head 1t the saviour fruD the burn oil NJ. llanch
ard, from the painting u Delsrochc, should infer that
hrsr claims ite part d the discpveret could he fully
snbsianlaied The must delicate touches tansfer
rrd with perfect fidelity. aud this after upwards %
four thousand impressions from THE duplicated plate had
bern isten. The London publisher II The eneraying
sabnititd IN" 81 ttfse enp together with pfoof
he original plate. several sriiss painters and enpra
sets; aud the opinion which Il ey arrived was that
although moi iliruli distinguish The original
lfpm The cany, hoy thoroughly alike that any
psfsn of rractisrd eve might supppse the two In be
fun the saine rtie, The tting merely taken with
greater care lhan the nth'r; hey precisely The
same. line IL line and uucl In tluch and this exam
pie completely established tie rfinciple. ] hey con
sidrted the invention The wonderful and the most
finsrcuniahle Thai had hccn made In modern times in
coanexWn with art.
MANY enesscs have he"n made rs 10 the made by which
this marvellous Cttress effected bur AZ vet without
result. Tin ptoeess dmns even infer necessity Of
nInfirg the prinl delivered rs model phich is return
ID unscalhsd. The inventor is nm Enplishman and an
engraver by Ioi,ssiuo. lie las ialen on, no patent
neither does he think il eSpedpn, To do so. inasmnch
as II he dues any unpfInclpcd prrson NAV at once
dept II, With little probability Of the inventor being able
to prove that his process hes been the MEDIUM BY which
he print las been produced. 4 friend Of the author
81 The Invention says, wh pscc, There il no know
ing tn what extensive charges in legislation IL NAV
cnnduce; hf, any printed rriien document ran be-
'orged will 81 nuch and certainty defy de
teciion the consequences may be mora appang than
We care 10 anticipate"
The invention embraces the capacity 70 produce an
TORN OF letter press quality OF PRINT drawing or
lihugraph 10 an nnlmlttd quantity. IN nconceiva
bly, htiei space Of lime. For in-ancr from single
copy ut the htrhgencer, plates niah be prndnred IN
twenty MINUTES ifnm which impressions could be work
ed o1 with the ofdlnary Iapdiy ul The steam press
he hhesi and tses engravlnes may he rrprintcd nd
mhnf'ni. bank notes may be reproduced IN lac snile
without the sghtes, putn Of difference and Inst ,hnuuh
not least, backs may he reprinted from slerrotypes
IN nnilnned quantity. Indeed the varnns mechanical
aud other interests affected by this discovery
have mol yet been hall enumerated.