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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYROSCOPE

n.[Gr. , fire; to view. ] An instrument for measuring the pulsatory motion of the air, or the intensity of heat radiating from a fire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYROSCOPE

Pyr "o *scope, n. Etym: [Pyro- + -scope: cf. F. pyroscope. ] (Physics )

 

Defn: An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf. [R.]

 

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