Photo
['fəʊtəʊ] or ['foto]
Definition
(n.) A contraction of Photograph.
Editor: Rochelle
Definition
n. a colloquial abbreviation of photograph.
Typed by Aldo
Examples
- As allied branches of the photographic art, photo-engraving, photo-lithographing, and half-tone engraving are important developments of the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Joseph Dixon, in 1854, was the first to use organic matter and bichromate of potash upon stone to produce a photo-lithograph. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Photo-engravings are a comparatively modern product. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Story in Photo-Engraving[30] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The most extensive application of photo-lithography is in the reproduction of the Patent Office drawings, which amount to about 60,000 sheets weekly. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For photo-lithography only line drawing, type print, or script, without any smooth shading, can be employed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A more recent and quite important development of this art is photo-lithography, which will be more fully considered under photography. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fox Talbot makes Photo Prints from Negatives. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Photo-engraving is a process by means of which photographs may be used in forming plates from which prints in ink can be taken. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Those domains have the generic term of _Photo-Processes_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One of the first suggestions of photo-engraving appears in the British patent No. 13,736, of 1851, of James Palmer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When the operation is reversed, and only the _darks_ are etched in _intaglio_, to be filled with ink, as in copper-plate engraving, it is called photo-gravure. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In recent times great perfection in details has been obtained by Mr. Moss, of the Photo-Engraving Company, and others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The photo shows Lieut. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Modern advertising would not have been possible without photo-engraving. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1876 the Adams Cabinet for holding and displaying the photos was invented. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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