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Columbia Encyclopedia: Day, Benjamin,
1838–1916, American printer; son of Benjamin Henry Day. While working in New York City, Day invented a process, utilizing celluloid sheets, for shading plates in the color printing of maps and illustrations. It is known as the Ben Day, or Benday, process. The term “Ben Day” is used as a noun, verb, and adjective.
 
 
Dictionary: Day  () pronunciation, Benjamin Henry 1810–1889.

American printer and journalist who founded the first penny newspaper, the New York Sun (1833). His son Benjamin (1838–1916) invented the Ben Day process for shading printed illustrations.


 
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Benjamin Henry Day, (1810 – 1889) was a U.S. illustrator and printer. He published the original New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper. He sold the New York Sun to his brother-in-law for $40,000. Benday Dots are also named after him. In 1842, Day created the "Brother Jonathan," which went on to be the first illustrated weekly in the U.S. He imported the London Plan to the United States.


 
 

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