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.
FOCIMETER
Noun
focimeter (plural focimeters)
A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
(photography, historical) A device that assists in focusing an object in or before a camera; usually a lens of small magnifying power.
Source: Wiktionary
Fo*cim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Focus + -meter.]
Definition: (Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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