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Crookes –
25 Nov/ 58

I h^ve alw^s consid^d PP’s pss method an inf^gt of my pat^t of /52 since he employs my method of making the 1^st ½ of my pss. He makes a chr. gel. pict. & then removes by wat dissolves in water the parts on w^ch the light has not acted.

He afterwards When the pict. is finished & dried, he electrotypes it –

You are perhaps aware that 2 years ago, acting under legal advice, I wrote commenced an action ag^st the P.G.G^c Comp^y in order to put an end to this inf^gt – but being informed by the sol^rs that the Comp^y had expended all their capital in unsuccessful exp^ts and did not intend to pursue the attempt any further I readily consentd to leave the action in suspense. And so it now remains – Under these cir^ces y. will see that it is imposs. for me to be a consent^g party to the publicⁿ of M^r P’s spec^ns in the News unless as matters stand a present<.> But not wishing to deprive the world of anything that interests science I am quite willing, provided M^r Pretsch first writes ^to me (either directly or through you) requesting my license to publish in the News a certⁿ N^o of ^phlithog^c plates (say five or six of them) with a view to the improvements of Science, I say I am quite willing to give a gratuitous permissⁿ to do so. I hope you received 7 new spec^ns I sent yest?

Can all engrav^gs however made, be transferred to stone & printed with as by th lithogr^c process?

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Crookes
25 November 1858

I have always considered Paul Pretsch’s process method ¹ an infringement of my patent of 1852 ² since he employs my method of making the 1^st half of my process. He makes a chrome gelatine picture and then removes by wat dissolves in water the parts on which the light has not acted.

He afterward When the picture is finished and dried, he electrotypes it –

You are perhaps aware that 2 years ago, acting under legal advice, I wrote commenced an action against the Photogalvanographic Company ³ in order to put an end to this infringement – but being informed by the solicitors that the Company had expended all their capital in unsuccessful experiments and did not intend to pursue the attempt any further I readily consented to leave the action in suspense. And so it now remains. Under these circumstances you will see that it is impossible for me to be a consenting party to the publication of M^r Pretsch’s specimens in the News ⁴ unless as matters stand a present. But not wishing to deprive the world of anything that interests science I am quite willing, provided M^r Pretsch first writes to me (either directly or through you) requesting my license to publish in the News a certain number of photolithographic plates (say five or six of them) with a view to the improvements of Science, I say I am quite willing to give a gratuitous permission to do so. I hope you received 7 new specimens I sent yesterday?

Can all engravings however made, be transferred to stone and printed with by the lithographic process?