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- noun Plural form of
spinthariscope .
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Eager to see this new world for themselves, people purchased small brass eyepieces called spinthariscopes, named for the Greek word for spark.
NYT > Global Home By GEORGE JOHNSON 2011
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Anyway, when I wrote an article about spinthariscopes for my Popular Science column, I needed a way to show in print what the inside of a spinthariscope looks like.
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Modern uranium ore or americium button-based spinthariscopes are not dangerously radioactive and the sources are well sealed, but still.
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Which I swear is what I remember seeing in real spinthariscopes until someone pointed out that of course at those dim light levels you can’t see color at all.
dontcry commented on the word spinthariscopes
I just bit my tongue trying to pronounce this word...
February 11, 2009
reesetee commented on the word spinthariscopes
*hands dc an ice cube*
February 12, 2009