title: Viewing instrument
text: # Viewing instrument
  
  A viewing instrument is a type of optical instrument that is used to assist viewing or visually examining an object or scenery
  
  ## Types
  
  * binoculars
  * contact lenses
  * cystoscope
  * electrotachyscope
  * endoscope
  * eyeglasses
  * fibrescope
  * finderscope
  * fluoroscope
  * gastroscope
  * gonioscope
  * kaleidoscope
  * kinetoscope
  * laryngoscope
  * magnifying glass
  * microscope
  * ophthalmoscope
  * otoscope
  * periscope
  * phenakistoscope also phenakistiscope
  * praxinoscope
  * Rotoscope
  * spectroscope
  * spotting scope
  * stereoscope
  * stroboscope
  * tachistoscope
  * telescope
  * teleidoscope
  * viewfinder
  