Dynameter
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An instrument for determining the magnifying power oftelescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied tothe eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter ofthe image of the object glass there formed; which measurement,compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifyingpower.
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