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Aeroscope
Aeroscope A"["e]r*o*scope, n. [A["e]ro- + Gr. ? to look out.]
(Biol.)
An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria,
etc., suspended in the air.
Astroscope
Astroscope As"tro*scope, n. [Astro- + scope.]
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose
surface the constellations were delineated.
Baroscope
Baroscope Bar"o*scope, n. [Gr. ? weight + -scope: cf. F.
baroscope.]
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the
atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that
indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep
vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which
rises and falls with atmospheric changes.
Compound microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Compound microscopeCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. Dichroscope
Dichroscope Di"chro*scope, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? color
+ ? to view.]
An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.
electroscopeCinematograph Cin`e*mat"o*graph, n. [Gr. ?, ?, motion +
-graph.]
1. A machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope
features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures,
moved rapidly (25 to 50 a second) and intermittently
before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of
vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture
machine; also, any of several other machines or devices
producing moving pictorial effects. Other common names for
the cinematograph are animatograph, biograph,
bioscope, electrograph, electroscope,
kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph,
vitascope, zo["o]gyroscope, zo["o]praxiscope, etc. FluoroscopeFluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. (Physics)
A fluorescent screen, with hood to protect the eyes, used for
observing the shadows cast by objects placed in the path of
the X rays. -- Flu*or`o*scop"ic, a. Fluoroscope
Fluoroscope Flu*or"o*scope, n. [Fluorescence + -scope.]
(Phys.)
An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.
Gastroscope
Gastroscope Gas"tro*scope, n. [Gastro- + -scope.] (Med.)
An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the
stomach.
Horoscoper
Horoscoper Hor"o*sco`per, Horoscopist Ho*ros"co*pist, n.
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
Hydroscope
Hydroscope Hy"dro*scope, n. [Hydro-, 1 + -scope.]
1. An instrument designed to mark the presence of water,
especially in air. --Weale.
2. A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time,
the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a
graduated tube.
Hygroscope
Hygroscope Hy"gro*scope, n. [Gr. ? wet + -scope: cf. F.
hygroscope.] (Physics)
An instrument which shows whether there is more or less
moisture in the atmosphere, without indicating its amount.
Lucernal microscopeLucernal Lu*cer"nal, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it. Metroscope
Metroscope Met"ro*scope, n. [Gr. ? womb + -scope.]
A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating
the uterus from the vagina.
Micrometer microscopeMicrometer Mi*crom"e*ter, n. [Micro- + -meter: cf. F.
microm[`e]tre.]
An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for
measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of
objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given
directly is that of the image of the object formed at the
focus of the object glass.
Circular, or Ring, micrometer, a metallic ring fixed in
the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to
determine differences of right ascension and declination
between stars by observations of the times at which the
stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring.
Double image micrometer, a micrometer in which two images
of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two
halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their
line of section by a screw, and distances are determined
by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the
points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the
two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is
called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the
instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known
as a heliometer.
Double refraction micrometer, a species of double image
micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the
double refraction of rock crystal.
Filar, or Bifilar, micrometer. See under Bifilar.
Micrometer caliper or gauge (Mech.), a caliper or gauge
with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with
great accuracy.
Micrometer head, the head of a micrometer screw.
Micrometer microscope, a compound microscope combined with
a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and
subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and
geodetical instruments.
Micrometer screw, a screw with a graduated head used in
some forms of micrometers.
Position micrometer. See under Position.
Scale, or Linear, micrometer, a minute and very
delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the
field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring
distances by direct comparison. MicroscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Microspectroscope
Microspectroscope Mi`cro*spec"tro*scope, n. [Micro- +
spectroscope.] (Physics)
A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for
observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of
any substance.
Oxyhydrogen microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Oxyhydrogen microscopeOxyhydrogen Ox`y*hy"dro*gen, a. [Oxy
(a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a mixture of
oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas.
Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as
to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone
under a current of oxyhydrogen gas. Phosphoroscope
Phosphoroscope Phos*phor"o*scope, n. [Phosphorus + -scope.]
(Physics)
An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced in
different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring
its duration.
Pyroscope
Pyroscope Pyr"o*scope, n. [Pyro- + -scope: cf. F. pyroscope.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating
from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a
differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or
silver leaf. [R.]
Sideroscope
Sideroscope Sid"er*o*scope, n. [Gr. ??? iron + -scope.]
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any
substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic
needles.
Solar microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Solar microscopeSolar So"lar, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.
s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.
sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol.
Sun.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,
the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar
influence. See Solar system, below.
2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
[Obs.]
And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.
3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the
ecliptic; as, the solar year.
4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected
by its influence.
They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
--Bacon.
Solar cycle. See under Cycle.
Solar day. See Day, 2.
Solar engine, an engine in which the energy of solar heat
is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a
steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
Solar flowers (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at
certain hours.
Solar lamp, an argand lamp.
Solar microscope, a microscope consisting essentially,
first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight
through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window
shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for
converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a
small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image
of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or
in a darkened box. Spectroscope
Spectroscope Spec"tro*scope, n. [Spectrum + -scope.] (Physics)
An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as
that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which
different substances are volatilized), so as to determine,
from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of
the substance.
Spiroscope
Spiroscope Spi"ro*scope, n. [L. spirare to breathe + -scope.]
(Physiol.)
A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the
lungs.
Stauroscope
Stauroscope Stau"ro*scope, n. [Gr. ? a cross + -scope.]
(Crystallog.)
An optical instrument used in determining the position of the
planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals.
Telelectroscope
Telelectroscope Tel`e*lec"tro*scope, n. [Gr. th^le far +
electro- + -scope.]
Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid
of electric transmission.
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