iriscopen.
/ˈʌɪərɪskəʊp/ A device for exhibiting the primary colours by the action of the breath on a specially prepared plate of highly polished black glass.
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iriscope1841
spectroscope1861
photoscope1872
melanoscope1876
schistoscope1876
radioscope1896
spinthariscope1903
scintilloscope1904
streak camera1962
1841 D. Brewster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 131 43 Having received from Dr. Joseph Reade one of his beautiful instruments called the Iriscope,..I soon perceived that it might be advantageously employed in various investigations in physical optics. [Description follows.]
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