Hydroscopy

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Hydroscopy ( ancient Greek ὕδωρ hýdōr "water" and σκοπεῖν skopeĩn "look") describes on the one hand the skills of a dowser and on the other hand the fortune telling water observation .

A hydroscope is generally a device that enables observations in or under water.

Because of the similarity of sound, the term hydroscopy is often incorrectly used for hygroscopy .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hydroscopy . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 9, p. 472.
2. ^ ^{A b} Johann Friedrich Heigelin: General handbook for foreign words for Germans . Tübingen 1838, p. 476 .
3. ↑ Johann Christian August Heyse : Brief foreign dictionary . Hanover, 1825, p. 320 .