Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ERIOMETERS
Noun
eriometers
plural of eriometer
Source: Wiktionary
ERIOMETER
E`ri*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter.] (Opt.)
Definition: An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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