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T. Percival Bunting Esq
74 Upper Brook St Manchester
No arrangts hve yet bn made for a commercl use of the new invn but I shall be happy to make trial of the specn to wch y allude and if succcessful to present y. wth the engraved plate.
I cannot engrave Dtypes as they are not transpt but if y will send me a (posve) photph on paper, or better still on glass, taken fm yr Dtype I will try what I can do with it.
The engraved steel plates give as many impressns as ordinary steel plates do, that is, 3 or 4 thousd
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T. Percival Bunting Esq
74 Upper Brook St
Manchester
No arrangements have yet been made for a commercial use of the new invention <1> but I shall be happy to make trial of the specification to which you allude and if succcessful to present you with the engraved plate.
I cannot engrave Daguerreotypes as they are not transparent but if you will send me a positive photograph on paper, or better still on glass, taken from your Daguerreotype I will try what I can do with it.
The engraved steel plates give as many impressions as ordinary steel plates do, that is, three or four thousand.
Notes:
1. Either Photographic Engraving (1852) or Photoglyphic Engraving (1858).