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spectroscope

[ UK /spˈɛktɹəskˌə‍ʊp/ ]
NOUN
  1. an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis

How To Use spectroscope In A Sentence

  • The essential parts of a spectroscope are the slit -- an opening perhaps Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86
  • He drew a line on the chart; The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope.
  • Not content with the instruments he had, Monty built microscopes, a spectroscope and other pieces of equipment, including a micrometer with a powered eyepiece for better speed control.
  • Princeton University sent a team that was reputed to be the best equipped, with the latest telescopes and spectroscopes needed for the job.
  • An eclipse in India in 1868 offered an opportunity to do something never before done, pass light from the Sun's atmosphere through a spectroscope.
  • In 1859, Kirchoff and Bunsen invented the spectroscope and demonstrated that different atoms absorb and emit different wavelengths of light.
  • It was shown that the merest trace of soluble haloid would reverse an image by the extraction of bromine from it, and the fact that the most refrangible part of the spectrum was principally efficacious in completing this action showed how necessary it was to avoid falling into error when analyzing photographic action by the spectroscope. Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
  • In the study of the fixed stars Secchi distinguished himself not only by the invention of new instruments (heliospectroscope, star spectroscope, telespectroscope), but especially by the discovery of what are known as the five Secchi types of stars deduced from about 4000 spectra of stars, on which he had been at work since 1863. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock
  • The spectroscope will detect less than one-millionth of the matter contained in the word pencilled above.] [Illustration: _Reproduced by permission of X-Rays Ltd. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
  • One of the most difficult and delicate problems solved by the spectroscope is the approach or departure of a light-giving body in the line of sight. Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work
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