Stauroscope

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A '''stauroscope''' is an optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of 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 for cross + scope. It was invented by Wolfgang Franz von Kobell in 1855.

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Category:Optical instruments Category:Obsolete technologies Category:German inventions

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