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A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine. Knight.

ytic cell, or on the electric condition of a vacuum has been applied in the various cymoscopes.

A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.

Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

tent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

Tmesis.

A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.

Same as Dichroscope.

An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is…

To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. One whom they disposed. Tennyson.

To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] Shak.

To treat or affect with dope; as, to dope nitroglycerin; specif.:

A chart of previous performances, etc., of race horses. [Race- track Slang]

Affected by "dope"; esp., sluggish or dull as though under the influence of a narcotic. [Slang]

A guide rope.

One who, or that which, droops.

An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.

An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight.

cies of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. Condensing electroscope (Physics), a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser.