kaleidoscope

Summary

kaleidoscope ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,954 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• kaleidoscope is credited with the discovery of David Brewster^[2].
• kaleidoscope is a type of optical toy^[3].
• kaleidoscope is a type of optical instrument^[4].
• kaleidoscope's Commons category is recorded as Kaleidoscopes^[5].
• kaleidoscope's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1816^[6].
• kaleidoscope's Commons gallery is recorded as Kaleidoscope^[7].
• kaleidoscope's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[8].
• kaleidoscope's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[9].
• kaleidoscope's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[10].
• kaleidoscope's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• kaleidoscope's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[12].
• kaleidoscope's different from is recorded as Kaleidoscope^[13].
• kaleidoscope's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Craft^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include optical toy^[3] and optical instrument^[4].

Why It Matters

kaleidoscope ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,954 views/month).^[1] kaleidoscope has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] kaleidoscope is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]