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Heliostat
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Heliostat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/heliostat.html. 1828.