The very unfortunate name "shadowgraph" has been suggested and largely used in the newspapers, and even in medical journals. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
A girl's figure made a brief shadowgraph in the light, then hurried along the sea front. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
The Greek word for shadow is "skia," and the proper rendering, therefore, of shadowgraph is "skiagraph," corresponding to photograph. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
Like a figure of a shadowgraph he slid through its opening, and we followed. From Wordnik.com. [Nights in London] Reference
On the screen before us was projected a huge shadowgraph of a chest and abdomen. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream Doctor] Reference
At another set of windows -- now that the days are growing short and there is need of lights -- I see in shadowgraph against the curtains an occasional domestic drama. From Wordnik.com. [Chimney-Pot Papers] Reference
We were chums in the sense that we were almost constantly together, both at school and at home, and among the partnerships we formed was one of having amateur shadowgraph and panoramic shows in the basement of Willie's home. From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams] Reference
OPTICAL COMPARATOR An optical comparator or shadowgraph (Fig. 1. 10a and 1. 10b) projects an enlarge shadow onto a screen where it may be compared to lines or to a master from which indicates the limits of the dimensions or the contour of the part being checked. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
"In the world of physics we watch a shadowgraph performance of the drama of familiar life. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of a Yogi] Reference
“In the world of physics we watch a shadowgraph performance of the drama of familiar life. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of a Yogi]
A sealed envelope, "he replied, still studying the shadowgraph closely," has already been established by the well-known English scientist, Doctor Hall Edwards. From Wordnik.com. [The War Terror] Reference
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