{Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. --Sir D. Brewster. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Photoglyphic — Pho to*glyph ic, a. [Photo + Gr. ? to engrave.] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also {photoglyptic}.] [1913 Webster] {Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
photoglyptic — Photoglyphic Pho to*glyph ic, a. [Photo + Gr. ? to engrave.] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also {photoglyptic}.] [1913 Webster] {Photoglyphic engraving}, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Photoglyphy — Pho*tog ly*phy, n. Photoglyphic engraving. See under {Photoglyphic}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Photogravure — is an intaglio printmaking process initially developed in the 1830s by Henry Fox Talbot in England and Nicéphore Niépce in France. These early images were among the first photographs, pre dating daguerreotypes and the later wet collodian… … Wikipedia
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