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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Oxyhydrogen \Ox`y*hy"dro*gen\, a. [Oxy
     (a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of,
         a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen at over 5000[deg] F.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe.
  
     Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as
        to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone
        under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
     An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
     of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
     too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
        combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
        lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
        objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
        or eyepiece.
  
     Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
        Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
  
     Simple microscope, or Single microscope, a single convex
        lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
     An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
     of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
     too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
  
     Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
        combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
        lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
        objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
        or eyepiece.
  
     Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
        Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
  
     Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
        to magnify objects placed in its focus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Oxyhydrogen \Ox`y*hy"dro*gen\, a. [Oxy
     (a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a mixture of
         oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas.
  
     Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe.
  
     Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as
        to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone
        under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.

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