noun. Two stereoscopic pictures or one picture with two superposed stereoscopic images, designed to give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or special glasses.

transitive verb. To make a stereographic picture of.

noun. Same as stereogram.

noun. A machine for making the embossed or raised points used in New York point-printing for the blind upon sheet-metal plates, the plates being designed for use in an embossing-press for transferring the points (characters, letters, etc.) to paper. It is an adaptation of the kaleidograph and differs from it in employing a fly-wheel, operated by a foot-pedal or other power, to operate the embossing mechanism, the selection of the points and their position being controlled by the operator by means of the keyboard. See kleidograph and point-printing.

noun. In craniometry, an instrument for drawing orthogonal projections of skulls.

noun. Any picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope. Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.

noun. A pair of stereoscopic images that give a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope or similar device; a stereogram

"The stereograph is a development from the kleidograph, designed to emboss both sides of zinc or brass plates ready for use in printing."

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