water telescope

Noun

Meaning

A telescope in which the medium between the objective and the eyepiece is water instead of air, used in some experiments involving aberration.

A telescope devised for looking into a body of water.

Examples

Aether drag models seeAlso Fresnel's aether drag In 1818, Augustin Fresnel developed a modified explanation to account for the water telescope and for other aberration phenomena. Source: Internet

Bradley's explanation cannot account for situations such as the water telescope, nor for many other optical effects (such as interference) that might occur within the telescope. Source: Internet

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