metallographist (metalografist)

[ It consists of a simple system of printing from wooden blocks in acids, in such manner as to produce an imitation of the grain of the wood. 3. A method of engraving, allied to lithography, in which metallic plates are substituted for stones. metalloid (met'a-loid), a. and n. [= F. métal loïde; II. n. In chem ., a term which has been variously applied: as, ( a ) to the metallic bases of the fixed alkalis and alkaline earths, probably 3732 cal methods. [