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Webster 1913 Edition


Astroscope

As′tro-scope

,
Noun.
[
Astro-
+
scope
.]
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

Webster 1828 Edition


Astroscope

AS'TROSCOPE

,
Noun.
[Gr. a star, and to view.]
An astronomical instrument, composed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations, with their stars, are delineated, by means of which the stars may be easily known.