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| Telespectroscope | ||
| Device for searching for habitable (Earth-like) planets. |
In his search for a suitable Earth-like planet, Ran Argal used specialized instruments to find a habitable planet.
| And each mechanical eye, when it found planetary systems in its field, automatically shifted upon them a higher powered telespectroscope which recorded on permanent film the size, mean temperature and atmospheric conditions of these worlds.
 (The telespectroscope recorded the conditions of these other worlds) |
| Technovelgy from Cosmic Quest,
by Edmond Hamilton. Published by Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1936 Additional resources -
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A telespectroscope is a combination of a telescope and a spectroscope, used for spectroscopic analysis of radiation from stars and other celestial bodies, created by Joseph Fraunhofer in the nineteenth century.
Compare to the Reflectocosmic Spectrometer from Buck Rogers: 2430 AD (1929) by Nowlan and Calkin, the Electro-Telescope from Blood of the Moon (1936) by Ray Cummings and Spectro-Flash Analysis from Salvage in Space (1933) by Jack Williamson
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