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A dynamometer.

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  1. n. A dynamometer.
  2. n. An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.
  3. 1. A dynamometer. 2. (Opt.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.
  4. An instrument for determining the magnifying power oftelescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied tothe eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter ofthe image of the object glass there formed; which measurement,compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifyingpower.
  5. n. A dynamometer. n. An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.