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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Spinthariscope

· Spin·thar·i·scope · IPA
01 n. A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying le…
  1. 1.
    A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the α rays are thus rendered visible.