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ess of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography. -- A*lu`mi*no*graph"ic (#), a.

An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as, analyptographic engraving.

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

An inventory; a record. [Obs.] Knowles.

A form of spirometer.

An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight.

Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.

The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.

An anemograph. Knight.

A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

A description of flowers.

The science of the human species as to geographical distribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment. -- An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher (#), n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al (#), a.…

by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.

A copy or transcript.

A copy or transcript. Blount.

A large fresh-water food fish of South America.

A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.

A systematic description of the arteries.