Perspectograph

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perspectograph \Per*spec"to*graph\
     (p[~e]r*sp[e^]k"t[-o]*gr[.a]f), n. [L. perspectus (p. p. of
     perspicere to look through) + -graph.]
     An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture,
     the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them
     in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from some one


     point.
     [1913 Webster]