# Stauroscope

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A '''stauroscope''' is an [optical instrument](/source/optical_instrument) used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of [crystals](/source/crystals).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?action=search&resource=Webster%27s&page=1407 |title=Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) - The ARTFL Project |publisher=Machaut.uchicago.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-08-24}}</ref> The word comes from [Greek](/source/Greek_language) for cross + scope. It was invented by [Wolfgang Franz von Kobell](/source/Wolfgang_Franz_von_Kobell) in 1855.

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