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zincography|zɪŋˈkɒgrəfɪ|
[f. zinco- + -graphy.]
The art or process of engraving or etching designs on zinc, or of printing from such designs. Hence zincograph |ˈzɪŋkəʊgrɑːf, -æ-| n., a design or impression produced by zincography; ˈzincograph v. trans., to engrave or print by zincography; zinˈcographer, one who practises zincography, an engraver on zinc; zincoˈgraphic a., pertaining to or produced by zincography.
1834New Monthly Mag. XLII. 523 The art of zincography has several advantages over that of lithography. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1334 Zinc is extensively employed for making..plates for the zincographer. 1850Ansted Elem. Geol., Min. etc. §469 [Zinc] is also engraved on (instead of stone) for zincographic printing. 1865Athenæum 18 Feb. 239/2 An ancient map zincographed. 1870Eng. Mech. 14 Jan. 429/3 The..zincographic plate is brought under the roller. 1888Edin. Rev. Jan. 231 Reproduced in ‘zincograph’ by the aid of photography. 1890Munim. Royal Burgh Irvine I. Introd. p. xxxii, Zincographs of these stones. |