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spinthariscope

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spin=tha=ri=scope
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CIDE DICTIONARY
spinthariscope, n. [Gr. spinqari`s spark + -scope.].
     A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
spinthariscope, n. an instrument with a fluorescent screen showing the incidence of alpha particles by flashes.

Etymology
irreg. f. Gk spintharis spark + -SCOPE
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