telescopicadj.n.

1674 J. Wallis Let. 12 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 432 As to M. Hevelius not using the Telescopick Sights; We have no reason to be displeased with him.

1686 W. Molyneux Sciothericum Telescopicum v. 24 Then does the Mensurator on the Telescopick Ruler shew the Altitudes too little.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. May 138/1 How many [Stars] does the Telescopick Tube discover still deeper immersed in Æther, that were invisible to our unassisted Sight!

?1787 Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 2 33 Telescopic, or magnifying, glasses, which act by..counteractng that diminution of objects which is the basis of perspective.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. iii. 66 The limits of telescopic vision have not been reached.

1907 J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trinity vii. 138 Like the telescopic discovery of a star which mathematical calculations have already prophesied.

1936 Discovery Aug. 237 His new giant nine-lens aerial camera. On the right is seen the Telescopic viewfinder.

1958 Observer 10 Aug. 10/2 The use of the Hasselblad long-distance telescopic camera from a concealed position.

2005 P. Grego Moon vi. 104 They are useful for quick peeks at the Moon in order to plan telescopic observing sessions.

1692 J. Dunton Young-students-libr. 212/2 Some of the most Learned Astronomers amongst them..have exactly observed the Position of this Comet with the Telescopick Stars which are in its way.

1757 T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 527 Directing this telescope towards a small telescopic constellation, called by him [sc. Robert Hooke] the English rose.

1785 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 83 About 1 degree n. of..the six telescopics.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic vi. 142 The general telescopic appearance of the coast.

1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 18 These asteroids..are..entirely telescopic.

1936 E. P. Hubble Realm of Nebulæ 9 Telescopic stars were assigned to magnitudes numerically larger than six.

1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 396 Showers containing mainly brilliant meteors such as the α Capricornids will yield few telescopic meteors.

2008 L. R. Spencer Alien Interview 201 (note) Mizar itself was discovered to be a binary star system—the first telescopic binary found.

1749 J. Foster Disc. Principal Branches Nat. Relig. I. iv. 101 A microscopic eye would make some parts of nature appear uncouth, and others frightful: a telescopic would swell gentle eminences into mountains.

1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa II. xlv. 131 But let us not lose ourselves in this sort of telescopic reasoning.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 81 These Saxons..have..the telescopic appreciation of distant gain.

1883 Cent. Mag. Mar. 674/1 When the atmosphere is telescopic, and distant objects stand out unusually clear and sharp, a storm is near.

1920 E. L. House Glory of going On ii. 32 The faith of spiritual apprehension..may be called telescopic faith, since it brings the distant near and makes the invisible to be seen.

1977 Sci. Amer. Jan. 100/3 Samaritan religious tradition affords a kind of telescopic glimpse of the past.

2007 J. Sawday Engines of Imagination vii. 262 Adam and Michael are perched on the highest hill of Paradise, where the world..lies all before them. But a telescopic vision of earth's geography is not enough.

1818 Commerc. Directory 1818–20 (James Pigot) 63/1 Matthews John, telescopic toasting-forks, fire & candle-screen maker.

1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 665/2 The commissioners express a very decided opinion against the safety of telescopic axles..by which the wheels..might be shifted at pleasure to suit different gauges.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war-vessel.

1926 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 52 This handle is telescopic and when collapsed is little longer than a golf club.

1962 Evening Standard 2 Oct. 7/3 An umbrella, unless you have one of the portable telescopic kind, is best avoided if you have really a long walk ahead of you.

2009 ‘R. Keeland’ tr. S. Larsson Girl who kicked Hornets' Nest xxi. 424 She took her telescopic baton from the side pocket of her car door and weighted it in her hand for a moment.

1977 Highways & Road Constr. Internat. Apr. 32/1 J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltd...has developed a telescopic handler with applications for highway authorities.

1991 Constr. Weekly 27 Mar. 19 (heading) GCM's surprise entry into the telescopic handler market uses an overhead boom.

2001 Equipm. Today Mar. 21/1 A lot of operators, if they're not familiar with a telescopic handler, will assume it's just another forklift.

1765 W. Stevenson Orig. Poems II. 128 Her only glass, view'd with intense Survey, the telescopic lens.

1829 Lancaster Gaz. 31 Jan. Mr. Farady, the eminent chemist, has succeeded in making glass for the purpose of telescopic lenses as perfect as that of Guinand, the Swiss artist.

1852 Mississippian State Gaz. 16 Apr. This is certainly a specious tale, and to the naked eye, appears somewhat convincing; but when examined through the telescopic lens of cause and effect, its apparent truth becomes a lean and haggard fiction.

1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. x. 91 Photographic cameras are well adapted to project images of stars, only they are very small if the focus of the lens is small. Accordingly, telescopic lenses are preferred in such cases.

1937 C. Beaton Diary 3 June in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) vi. 57 To avoid possible sightseers with telescopic lenses, we had to confine ourselves to certain shielded parts of the house.

2016 Australian (Nexis) 16 Apr. (Travel section) 8 Andrew's expert eye can spot a lion's ear a mile away and I'm ready with a telescopic lens as soon as they rear their heads.

1710 Hist. Wks. Learned Oct. 618 That 'tis demonstrable that Venus and Mercury does this from their Phases, which Telescopic Observations assure us, exactly answer those of the Moon.

1894 Pop. Sci. Aug. 507 Through telescopic observations..we have learnt that when en route birds travel at an altitude of from one to three miles.

1970 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 81 65 In 1612 he [sc. Simon Marius] made the first telescopic observation of the galaxy M31 in Andromeda.

2008 F. Schaaf Brightest Stars xxiv. 226 Pollux seems to be a single star but telescopic observation shows Castor to be a spectacular double star.

1850 Rep. 6th Exhib. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Assoc. 47 Articles of splendid workmanship, among which we particularly notice the Telescopic Rifle.

1915 Times 29 July 6/5 Another weapon of which it is impossible to have too many is the so-called telescopic rifle.

2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 June a4 Hunters armed with telescopic rifles roam this archipelago at the southern tip of South America in pickup trucks as they pick off their prey.

1704 J. Hodgson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1630 The Brass Quadrant..with Tellescopick Sights.

1861 Mechanics' Mag. 15 Mar. 180/1 Mr. Vallance..has just patented some improvements in the construction of telescopic sights for rifles and other fire-arms.

1963 ‘E. McBain’ Ten Plus One ii. 30 Forrest's murderer must have used a telescopic sight, the distance..being something over a hundred and fifty yards.

2012 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 20 Breivik attached a telescopic sight to his rifle and carefully shot four at long range.

1863 Battle-fields of South II. vii. 110 Did you ever see any of those globe or telescopic-sighted rifles, exclusively used by Berdan's battalions of sharpshooters in the Federal army?

1963 Times 16 Feb. 8/1 Police last night arrested an officer who had planned to shoot at him [sc. President de Gaulle] this morning from a window there with a telescopic-sighted rifle.

2010 N. Hahn in D. Shideler Gun Digest 2011 520/1 This volume concentrates on the telescopic-sighted rifle of choice for most German snipers during WWII.