silver point

noun

the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.

The world had grown more solemn now: here and there in the lilac-gray deeps overhead a small silver point began to appear.

The traditional pencil has been displaced by a silver point which traces its mark upon a metallically coated paper.

The first (S. 12) shows you Lionardo's method of work, both with chalk and the silver point.

One unlucky day I was in a print-shop in Holborn, when I saw upon the counter some extremely beautiful drawings in silver-point.

Similar to lead pencil, and of even greater delicacy, is silver-point drawing.

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