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microreader
microreader n.
Brit. 
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌriːdə/
, /ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌriːdə/U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌridər/
an apparatus for producing an enlarged readable image from a microfilm or microprint./ˈmaɪkroʊˌridər/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > microfilm viewer > microfilm or microform reader
reading machine1922
microfilm reader1936
reader1936
microreader1949
1949 Summary Proc. 3rd Ann. Conf. Amer. Theol. Libr. Assoc. 11 The reading machines are new on the market. I am proud to say that our library has the first microreader that any library in the world ever possessed.
1970 Publishers' Weekly 8 June 152/1 Obviously it is not possible for people to read microfilmed material without some magnification device, hence the microreader which you can see in most libraries.
1986 M. Hughes Dream Catcher iv. 53 Somewhere in her heart was an image, as foggy as an out-of-focus microreader.
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