单词 | heliograph |
释义 | heliographn. 1. a. Name given to an engraving obtained by a process in which a specially prepared plate is acted on chemically by exposure to light. Also attributive.The name was originally given to the process invented by Niépce de St. Victor in 1826. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > photomechanical or process printing > [noun] > photogravure or phototypography > a print heliograph1853 phototype1854 photo-etching1872 photo-intaglio1875 autogravure1885 duotone1907 duotype1913 1853 R. Hunt Man. Photogr. (ed. 3) i. 12 Niepce..had also succeeded in rendering his Heliographs, when once formed, impervious to the further effects of the solar rays. 1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. i. 11 Copper plate impressions of this kind have been found amongst the papers left behind by Nièpce, which he called ‘heliographs’..as far back as 1826. This method..is still in use..especially in the printing of paper money. 1896 Daily News 18 Dec. 7/6 Miniature paintings by Fouquet..copied by the heliograph process. 2. An apparatus for taking photographs of the sun. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > [noun] > scientific and technical heliograph1848 revolver1876 spectrograph1884 photochronograph1891 photogrammeter1891 process camera1895 gun-camera1921 microcamera1928 phototimer1942 ballistic camera1945 monorail camera1958 1848 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 9 ii. 326 This latter instrument includes a heliograph and nebulograph, worked by one and the same clock-movement. 1865 Reader 9 Sept. 291/3 The Kew heliograph, in charge of Mr. De La Rue, continues to be worked by a qualified assistant. 3. An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > meters photographometer1848 heliograph1851 actinometer1866 sensitometer1880 light meter1889 exposure meter1891 iconometer1894 extinction meter1931 1851 R. Hunt Man. Photogr. 210 The number of lines marked on the paper..will furnish a comparative measure of the intensity of solar light..and may be registered as so many degrees of the Heliograph, the name Mr. Jordan has given his instrument. 4. a. An apparatus for signalling by means of a movable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight to a distance. Cf. heliotrope n. 4. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > heliography > [noun] > apparatus heliotrope1822 heliograph1877 helio1893 1877 E. Atkinson tr. A. Ganot Elem. Treat. Physics (ed. 8) §509 Mance's Heliograph. The reflection of light from mirrors has been lately applied by Mance in signalling at great distances by means of the sun's light. 1880 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 461 The author claims to have contrived a heliograph, or sun~telegraph, by which the rays of the sun can be directed on any given point with greater ease than by those at present in use. 1880 Times 9 Oct. 5/4 On the 27th of August, about 9 a.m., a flash was seen in the far distance. In a moment our heliograph was on, and we found, to our great delight, it was from General Roberts. 1897 Daily News 18 Sept. 5 They hope to secure heliograph connection with General Blood's force shortly. b. A message sent by heliograph. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > heliography > [noun] > message heliogram1881 helio1886 heliograph1899 1899 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 319 I have just received a heliograph that the Basutos have bands out through..the valley. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). heliographv. 1. transitive. To communicate by heliograph: see heliograph n. 4. Also with object clause and absol. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > heliography > heliograph [verb (transitive)] heliograph1880 1880 Standard 24 Apr. 5/5 General Stewart heliographed an account of the battle to Brigadier Ross. 1888 Athenæum 7 Jan. 10/2 There were all the means for heliographing at Korti. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 29 We used to heliograph to them. 2. To photograph by heliography. ΚΠ 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 192/1 When the cloth tracings have to be heliographed, raw sienna is also added to the ink. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1848v.1880 |
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