Water telescope

Water telescope
Water telescope Water telescope 1. (Optics) A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eye piece is water instead of air, used in some experiments in aberration. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. A telescope devised for looking into a body of water. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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