engraving

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More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving symbols onto tools, figurines, and other objects.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Erbium and neodymium are also important in making lasers for industrial engraving and cutting.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The publishers – Cadell and Davies – paid 20 guineas for the new painting which they planned to use as an engraving in all future editions of Burns' books.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

A county report estimates that repairing the still-unfinished monument could cost the county between $168,000 and $420,000, and completing the engraving of names on the granite slabs up to an additional $40,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Why, then, did Copley show Revere at a workbench with his engraving tools spread out before him, holding a teapot as the object of his contemplation and offering it to us for our inspection?

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson