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photoengraving

[foh-toh-en-grey-ving] / ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /




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The writer invented the first successful photoengraving process for printing.

From Scientific American • May 21, 2015

His father, a photoengraver and inventor whose formal schooling had ended with fourth grade, held patents on several photoengraving devices.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2014

The second volume consists of a reproduction of the chapter from Flader’s earlier edition explaining the art and technique of photoengraving.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2012

The earlier of the two volumes consists of 488 pages explaining the craft of photoengraving, and it reproduces every conceivable example of the technique offered by the technology then available.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2012

The camera bears a large part in the diffusion of intelligence, and the last half century in the United States has seen a great development in photography and photoengraving.

From The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest by Thompson, Holland