phantoscope
(ˈfæntəskəʊp)
[f. Gr. ϕαντός visible + -scope: cf. phantascope.]
1. A modification of the kaleidoscope.
| 1894 Westm. Gaz. 14 Sept. 8/1 This new invention, called the phantoscope, and patented by Mr. W. S. Simpson, differs from the traditional kaleidoscope as..any object whatever can, through an aperture at the end, be placed within it—a bee, for instance, a butterfly, a spray of maiden⁓hair fern, or a sprig of heather, producing a complex vision of quite inconceivable beauty. |
2. = phantascope.
| 1902 in Webster Suppl. |