PHOTOGLYPHIC

a.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


a.

Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [Written also photoglyptic.] 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.


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