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Museum purchase, 1981.146.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
George Mathiot
Museum purchase, 1981.146.0 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

George Mathiot

American, died 1873
BiographyIn 1851, George Mathiot developed an electrotyping process that allowed for unlimited reproduction of large engraved copper plates. He also developed a method for photographically enlarging and reducing the images on these plates. These two developments allowed the United States Coast Survey to produce maps at a much faster rate.
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