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Definition of Field glasses

1. Noun. An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes.

Definition of Field glasses

1. Noun. binoculars. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Field glasses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1902)
"The magnifying power of the two field-glasses can readily be compared by observing an object with both at the same time, using one eye for each of the ..."

2. Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1830)
"2, the field-glasses and the second ... which requires the distance of the first eye-glass from the field-glasses, to be diminished by about half as much*; ..."

3. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"The vibration of the machine prevents satisfactory use of field glasses. The observer is restricted to observation with the naked eye. ..."

4. Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's by Charles Wright Wills (1906)
"... say our field glasses are not so good. Many are prophesying that the Johnnies will vamoose during the "stilly night." Much as I want to, can't see it. ..."

5. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"These factories expanded many times, and the output of field glasses went beyond what the executives at the outset of the enterprise imagined could be ..."

6. Training in Night Movements: Based on Actual Experience in War by Charles Burnett (1917)
"Night Vision and field glasses.—Whenever there is light at night from moon or stars, and at twilight and dawn, field glasses will double the power of vision ..."

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