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Spectroscope

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.

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Spectrometer 76% connected

A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.

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Collimator 70% connected

A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal.

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Prism 70% connected

A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms.

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