PYROSCOPE, noun [Gr., fire; to view.] An instrument for measuring the pulsatory motion of the air, or the intensity of heat radiating from a fire.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
PYROSCOPE, noun [Gr., fire; to view.] An instrument for measuring the pulsatory motion of the air, or the intensity of heat radiating from a fire.
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