"osmoscope" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1949, Carey Pratt McCord, William N. Witheridge, Odors, Physiology and Control, page 47:",
          "text": "Odorless air enters osmoscope through side tube where it is mixed with odorous test air which enters from end tube.",
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          "ref": "1954, American Society for Testing Materials. Committee D-19 on Industrial Water, Manual on Industrial Water, page 314:",
          "text": "Test for odor, using a normal inhalation. If an osmoscope is used, insert the tube of the osmoscope to a point just above the surface of the water and test for odor as above.",
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          "ref": "1957, The Journal of the American Dental Association - Volume 55, page 42:",
          "text": "The osmoscope may be used by increasing the dilution of air until the odor vanishes, or decreasing the dilution until the odor is first detectable.",
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        "An instrument for detecting and for measuring odors."
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          "text": "The osmoscopes developed in the authors' laboratory are comparable in their basic concept with the grease-spot photometer employed by Bunsen to measure the intensity of a light source.",
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        "An instrument for measuring osmosis."
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