heliographyn.
/hiːlɪˈɒɡrəfi/ 1. The description of the sun. (Cf. geography n.)
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the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > stars > [noun] > sun
heliography1730
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Heliography,..a Description of the Sun.
1798 C. Palmer (title) A treatise on the sublime science of heliography satisfactorily demonstrating our great orb of light, the sun, to be absolutely no other than a body of ice!
1867 G. F. Chambers Descr. Astron. vii. vii. 690 So much useful work has been done in heliography.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > [noun]
photogeny1839
photography1839
heliography1840
actinography1853
electrology1896
photo work1897
imagery work1977
1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 113 [Photogenic Drawings] Such apparatus is named after its inventor the Daguerrotype, and the process itself either photogeny, photography, or heliography (sun-drawing).
1840 (title) Handbook of heliography.
3. Name of a process of engraving in which a specially prepared plate is acted upon chemically by exposure to light.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > photomechanical or process printing > [noun] > photogravure or phototypography
heliography1845
photoglyphography1856
photoglyphy1858
phototypy1859
photogravure1873
dallastype1875
phototypography1875
heliogravure1879
autogravure1885
typogravure1885
helio-engraving1886
process engraving1889
gravure1893
colour gravure1900
1845 Athenæum 22 Feb. 202 The process by which these pictures were procured, called by its discoverer Heliography.
1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. i. 10 One of the finest applications of photography, that of heliography, or the combination of photography with copper-plate printing.
1880 Daily News 2 Dec. 5/2 Heliography, it seems, makes no impression on the paper as types do.
4. The system of signalling by means of the heliograph n. 4.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > heliography > [noun]
sun telegraphy1875
sun-signalling1876
heliography1887
1887 Advance (Chicago) 10 Nov. 718 Heliography is a sort of telegraphic system of communication by means of flashes of sunlight reflected from mirrors.
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