Word: heliographs

Translations: heliographs

heliographs in spanish

Dictionary:
spanish
Translations:
heliógrafos, heliografías

heliographs in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
Heliographen, Heliogravüren

heliographs in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
héliographes, héliographies, héliographe, des héliographes, d'héliographes

heliographs in italian

Dictionary:
italian
Translations:
eliografie, eliografi

heliographs in portuguese

Dictionary:
portuguese
Translations:
heliógrafos, heliografias

heliographs in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
гелиографов

heliographs in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
heliografia

heliographs in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
геліографов

heliographs in belarusian

Dictionary:
belarusian
Translations:
геліёграфамі, геліёграфа, геліёграф

The meaning and "use of": heliographs

noun
  • a signaling device by which sunlight is reflected in flashes from a movable mirror. - A heliograph was a communications system consisting of two mirrors on a tripod used to flash signals with sunlight.
  • a type of early photographic engraving made using a sensitized silver plate and an asphalt or bitumen varnish. - An earlier version of the heliograph known as the heliotrope was used during the American civil war.
verb
  • send (a message) by heliograph. - Garfield, just over the shoulder of Bond, was another, and it seemed as if the two were heliographing one to another from golden mirrors.
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