单词 | heliography |
释义 | heliographyn. 1. The description of the sun. (Cf. geography n.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1730 |
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