Lithography is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by
A lithograph of Charles Marion Russell's The Custer Fight (1903), with the range of tones fading toward the edges.
This very early colour lithograph from 1835 uses large washes of orange and cyan with black ink providing the details.
A lithographer at work, 1880.
Lithography machine in Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Miscibility is the property of two substances to mix in all proportions, forming a homogeneous mixture. Such substances are said to be miscible. The term is most often applied to liquids, but also app
Lithography
…Lithography (from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos) 'stone' and γράφω (gráphō) 'to write') is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German…
Diesel fuel is immiscible in water, the fuel instead remaining as a distinct layer. The bright rainbow pattern is the result of thin-film interference.