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Any instrument for viewing objects in the dark or in a faint light..
August 13th 1664, Samuel Pepys, Diary (London: Marshall Cavendish, 1988), 133. “Comes Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope. […] The other [the scotoscope] he gives me, and is of value; and a curious curiosity it is to discover objects in a dark room with.”
At present the scotoscope's field of view and viewing-range requirements are in conflict, and improvement of one results in a decreased capability in the other.
A scotoscope (night vision device) was the most versatile viewer examined and provided maximum viewing distance for all markers.
However, where the angular field can be below 40°, a scotoscope with a refractive objective becomes a very useful device even with this small cathode diameter.
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Scotoscope means Any instrument for viewing objects in the dark or in a faint light..
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August 13th 1664, Samuel Pepys, Diary (London: Marshall Cavendish, 1988), 133. “Comes Mr. Reeve, with a microscope and scotoscope. […] The other [the scotoscope] he gives me, and is of value; and a curious curiosity it is to discover objects in a dark room with.”
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