Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHO-TOG'RA-PHY
PHO-TOG'RA-PHISTPHO-TO-LOG'IC, or PHO-TO-LOG'IC-AL
PHO-TOG'RA-PHY, n. [Gr. φως, φωτος, light, and γραφω, to describe.]
The art or practice of fixing images of the camera obscura on plates of copper, covered with a thin coating of silver. [See Heliography, in Addenda.] – Daguerre.
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