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philograph|ˈfɪləgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. Gr. ϕιλο- philo- + -γραϕος writing, writer, delineator.]
A device for facilitating the production of an outline drawing.
1892Echo 9 Feb. 2/4 By the use of an instrument called the ‘Philograph’, an absolutely correct representation can be obtained of any organic form. 1892G. Hake Mem. 80 Years lxviii. 292 Photographs in my early days were not in use, so philographs must be produced in their stead. 1894Times 1 Mar. 6/5 The philograph, in which an exact picture was sketched on glass or celluloid of the objects seen through it, was useful and accurate, and excellent in its perspective. |