Joseph Dixon, of Jersey City, an able chemist, is the discoverer of anastatic printing. He invented the art of taking true copies from books and pictures long before Appel, and copies of his workmanship have been preserved in our Patent Office. He is the gentleman who deserves both the name and the fame of its original discoverer.
This article was originally published with the title "Anastatic Printing" in Scientific American 8, 13, 98 (December 1852)
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican12111852-98o
