Spectroscope
['spektrəskəʊp] or ['spɛktrəskop]
Definition
(n.) An optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the substance.
Editor: Verna
Examples
- The form of Kirchhoff’s spectroscope is given in Fig. 199. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Draper was also the first in America to reveal the wonders of the spectroscope; and he was first to show that each colour of the spectrum had its own peculiar chemical effect. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This spread of color is called the _spectrum_, and it is with the spectrum that the spectroscope has to deal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Many hitherto unknown metals have also been discovered through the agency of the spectroscope, among which may be named caesium, rubidium, thallium, and indium. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The _Spectroscope_ is an instrument by which the colours of the solar rays are separated and viewed, as well as those of other incandescent bodies. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Few things, however, so tax the credulity of the uninformed as a description of the functions and possibilities of the spectroscope. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Among the great inventions of the nineteenth century are the spectroscope, the electric telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph, the railways, and the steam-ships. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was the presence of these black lines on the spectrum which led to the development of the spectroscope and established its significance and value. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With telescope and spectroscope he has climbed into limitless space above, and defined the size, distance, and constitution of a star millions of miles away. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Lycurgus