Definition for SID'E-RO-SCOPE

SID'E-RO-SCOPE, n. [Gr. σιδηρος, iron, and σκοπεω, to view or explore.]

An instrument lately invented in France, for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance, mineral, vegetable, or animal. – Ferussac's Bul. 1827.

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