Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
perspicil .
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_O multiscium & quovis sceptro pretiosius perspicillum! an qui te dextra tenet, ille non dominus constituatur operum Dei?
The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet John Wilkins 1643
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The group’s founder, Prince Federico Cesi, suggests calling it a telescopio, although Galileo prefers perspicillum.
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