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Meaning of OPHTHALMOMETER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Oph`thal*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? eye + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of
a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and
lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained.
 
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