Dynameter

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:16:24

Dy*nam"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. power + -meter: cf. F. dynametre. Cf. Dynamometer.]

1.

A dynamometer.

2. Opt.

An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.

 

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