reducing glass

noun

a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.

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The reducing-glass will help you to get the size and position of things.
The Painter in Oil
Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst

British Dictionary definitions for reducing glass

reducing glass

noun

a lens or curved mirror that produces an image smaller than the object observed

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