Hypertext Webster Gateway: "megascope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Megascope \Meg"a*scope\, n. [Mega- + -scope: cf. F.
m['e]gascope.]
A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a
magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or
artificial light being used.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.