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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
(iii) Perceptions of Light

445. Optical Instruments.

   NOUN:OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; lens, meniscus, magnifier; microscope, simple microscope or single microscope, compound microscope, projecting microscope, ultramicroscope; spectacles, glasses, barnacles [colloq., Eng.], gig lamps [slang], goggles, eyeglass, pince-nez [F.]; periscopic lens; telescope, glass, teinoscope, prism telescope; lorgnette, binocular; spyglass, opera glass, field glass; burning glass, convex lens.
  prism; camera, hand camera, kodak [trade name], moving-picture machine; camera-lucida, camera-obscura; magic lantern (show) [See Appearance]; megascope; stereopticon; chromatrope, thaumatrope; stereoscope, pseudoscope, polyscope, kaleidoscope, kaleidophon or kaleidophone.
  photometer, optometer, eriometer, actinometer, lucimeter, radiometer; abdominoscope, gastroscope, helioscope, polariscope, polemoscope, spectroscope, spectrometer.
  MIRROR, reflector, speculum; looking-glass, pier-glass, cheval-glass; hand mirror.
  OPTICS, optician; photography, photographer; optometry, optometrist; abdominoscopy; gastroscopy; microscopy, microscopist.