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Definition of Scioptic ball

Scioptic ball
Scioptic Sci*op"tic, a. [Gr. ? shadow + ? belonging to sight: cf. F. scioptique. See Optic.] (Opt.) Of or pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room, usually called scioptic ball. Scioptic ball (Opt.), the lens of a camera obscura mounted in a wooden ball which fits a socket in a window shutter so as to be readily turned, like the eye, to different parts of the landscape.

Meaning of Scioptic ball from wikipedia

- The scioptic ball is a universal joint allowing an optical instrument mounted on a ball to be swiveled to point anywhere in a wide arc. It was inspired...
- camera obscura (EF). This universal joint mechanism was later called a scioptic ball. In his 1637 book Dioptrique French philosopher, mathematician and scientist...