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Nipkow disc scanner

A device consisting of a disc with a spiral arrangement of holes that is used to convert visible patterns into electrical patterns. Light is reflected from the subject and focused through a vertical slit onto the rotating disc. The light transmitted through the holes in the disc is directed into a photomultiplier.
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