Word: binoculars
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...most remarkable piebald roofs in America, and the maze of nineteenth century fire-escapes has long intrigued him. He would hate to have to use them in case of fire, but then, they provide a good roosting place for pigeons. Far to the southwest, with binocular to eye, the Vagabond can spot, on clear days, the small American flag which marks the highest piece of steel in the tower of the new Eliot House, a building which he supposes marks the zenith of the Harvard architectural renaissance. In between stretches a weary waste of brick buildings, some particularly pleasing...
...CLUB FOR EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. "Binocular Depth Perception." Dr. J. C. Bell. Emerson...
There is a popular idea that the utility and magnification of a microscope depend somehow on its size and formidable appearance. How false this conception is can be learned any day by a visit to the work-shop of a practical microscopist. His resplendent "double barrel" binocular is kept carefully under cover, at ordinary times, and only brought out for exhibition, while the real work is done with a smaller and apparently inferior instrument...