lucernaladj.
/l(j)uːˈsəːnəl/ Pertaining to a lamp: only in lucernal microscope, a microscope in which the object is illuminated by a lamp or other artificial light.
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1787 G. Adams Ess. Microscope 22 About the year 1774, I invented the improved lucernal microscope.
1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 386 The magic-lantern being nothing more than a lucernal microscope of low magnifying power.
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