Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A modification of the solar microscope for the examination of bodies of considerable dimensions.
- noun In photography, an enlarging camera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A modification of the magic lantern (projector), used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A modification of the
magic lantern , used especially for throwing amagnified image of anopaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
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By the aid of the megascope, the enlarged images of some of these castings, showing the delicate tracery of the patterns, will now be projected upon the screen, and you can all see how perfectly the design is reproduced.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 Various
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