metallographistn.
/ˌmɛtəˈlɒɡrəfɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈlɑɡrəfəst/ΚΠ
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Metallographist, a writer concerning metals.
2. A metallographer. Now rare (chiefly historical).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > metallographer
metallary1641
metallographist1898
metallographer1902
1898 (title) The metallographist.
1914 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 89 151 The discussion has been revived at very frequent intervals, and the majority of metallographists have taken some part in it.
1921 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 100 350 His experiments..have confirmed the view held by metallographists that etching is a reliable method of distinguishing crystals in a metal.
1961 Science 30 June 2057/3 Francis F. Lucas, 76; metallographist and microscopist with Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1902 until his retirement in 1949.
1992 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 56 23 Twenty naval students were enrolled at Columbia University [in 1916]: nine marine engineers, ten electrical engineers, and one ‘metallographist’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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