metallographyn.
/ˌmɛtəˈlɒɡrəfə/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈlɑɡrəfi/ΚΠ
1671 J. Webster (title) Metallographia: or, an history of metals.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Metallography, a Treatise or Description of Metals.
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Metallographia, term for a description of metals. J. Webster published a book under this title in 1661 [sic]: metallography.
2. A printing process similar to lithography, in which metal plates are used instead of stones. Now rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > printing from metal or plastic plates > [noun]
papyrography1842
metallography1851
paniconography1859
paniconograph1875
lithography1906
driography1970
1851 Art Jrnl. 13 99/1 Mr. Nicholas Zach, of Munich, has discovered a new process in lithography, by which he can give to any metal plate..a preparation that makes the design show itself in relief..on the plate. Mr. Zach designates the process, metallography.
1909 C. Harrap Metalography Pref. p. v The title ‘Metalography’ has been adopted instead of ‘Metallography’ which might be objected to, as it is already used in the metallurgical profession with quite a different meaning; whilst in the records of the Patent Office it is used as expressing printing from metals.
3. The scientific study of metals; spec. the study of the structure of metals using chiefly microscopic and X-ray diffraction techniques; the properties of a metal as revealed by this.The subject is generally regarded as having been founded by Sir Henry Sorby (1826–1908), English geologist, who pioneered the microscopic study of polished rocks and metals in the 1860s.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > branches of metallurgy
pyrotechny1592
metallostatics1665
siderurgy1869
metallography1871
physical metallurgy1905
pyrometallurgy1909
powder metallurgy1933
1871 T. A. Blyth (title) Metallography as a separate science, or the student's handbook of metals.
1874 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 147 In Parson Hawkins's library was a work on metallography, together with a certain history of the gold-fever in the early days of California.
1901 Engin. Mag. 19 751/1 We have long been accustomed to ascribe all mechanical changes in metals directly to molecular displacements, but metallography has thrown a new light on this subject.
1940 R. H. Heyer Engin. & Physical Metall. xiii. 461 The newly developed materials known as graphitic steels are similar to the casting alloys just described in their metallography and chemical compositions.
1985 Antiquaries Jrnl. June 5/2 In the latter category falls an excellent paper..on the metallography of iron knives.
1991 Acta Metallurgica et Materialia 39 2640/1 Specimens for optical metallography..were then anodised using Barkers reagent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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