selenium eye

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selenium eye (plural selenium eyes)

  1. (astronomy, historical) A device consisting of a closeable ball of blackened wood surrounding a glass lens that focuses light onto a selenium cell attached to a galvanometer; used by astronomers to measure the light variations of a heavenly body.
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