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Definition of Speculums
1. speculum [n] - See also: speculum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speculums
Literary usage of Speculums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"And these he titled speculums* which frequently admonished him of some growing
... Of these speculums, he had many that lay loose about his desk; ..."
2. General Foundry Practice: Being a Treatise on General Iron Founding, Job by William Roxburgh (1910)
"... inasmuch as it was his good fortune to cast speculums from 9 ins. to 14 ins.
diameter for a distinguished member of the Royal Astronomical Society. ..."
3. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1832)
"Instruments employed as reflectors are divided into mirrors and speculums.
The name mirror is applied to reflectors made of glass and coated with ..."
4. American Medical Journal (1886)
"We have just received a set of Dr. Watson's Specialties—Rectal, Vaginal, Throat
and Ear speculums. They are illustrated as seen, and are very readily ..."
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