, or Sciography, the profile or vertical section of a building; used to shew the inside of it.
Sciagraphy, in Astronomy &c, is a term used by some authors for the art of finding the hour of the day or night, by the shadow of the sun, moon, stars, &c. See Dial.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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