silver point

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Then they will inspect Leonardo’s tools — red chalk, ink and silver point — and use their own versions to create imaginative art.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2014

The whole point of the book is to delight people who can understand that "Debussy is the wettest music —passion done in silver point," and similar subtle apperceptions.

From Time Magazine Archive

A gold point, giving a warmer line, can also be used in the same way as a silver point, the paper first having been treated with Chinese white.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold

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

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

A more ancient method, it consists in drawing with a silver point on paper the surface of which has been treated with a faint wash of Chinese white.

From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold