See stenopaeic on Wiktionary
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"text": "Prof. Danders has lately devised \"stenopic spectacles,\" based on the principle of excluding the rays of light from the opacity, and admitting their entrance through a small opening in a glass, or any other suitable material held close to the eye and darkened on its posterior wall, thus to admit behind it the greatest possible enlargement of the pupil.",
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