Anastatic lithography is a method of printing developed by 1840 in
Erfurt
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.
The technique provided a means for
facsimile
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reproduction, which was developed and promoted by
Werner and
William Siemens
Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883), anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman.
autobiography
Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens FRS FRSA, anglicised to Charles William Sie ...
. The reproduction of the four pages of the 25 September 1841 issue of ''
The Athenaeum'', a London scientific and literary journal, was so true to the original that it caused concerns expressed in an article "Printing and Piracy–New Discovery" which was published in the issue No. 736 published December 4, 1841.
See also
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Bibliography of early American publishers and printers
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History of printing