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Toys > Optical toys > Kaleidoscopes

Preferred term

Kaleidoscopes  

Definition

  • Toys in which one or more mirrors at one end of a tube create, when rotated, ever-changing symmetrical patterns by reflecting bits of glass or metal contained within the tube or other objects sighted outside the tube [AAT 94]

Broader concept

Notation

  • 115547

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-J21FS847-W

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