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File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data. Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing.
File:San Pietro scrying engine.png|link=San Pietro scrying engine|2017: The [[San Pietro scrying engine]], among the most popular computational shrines of San Pietro in Vincoli, is used to process [[Spirograph (nonfiction)|Spirograph]] data after hours "on a lark". Traditionalists call it "dispectful", but the Pope gives his blessing.


File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), predicting that it will find widespread use in scrying engines.
File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), predicting that it will find widespread use in scrying engines.

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Artist's depiction of a "Thought camera" (attributed to Nikola Tesla, but not necessarily informed by Tesla's actual inventions). This device is a precursor to modern scrying engines.

A scrying engine is any engine which causes or facilitates scrying.

The Patrick Device is an early prototype scrying engine. It set the standard for subsequent engines.

John Brunner owns a Lee and Turner color projector which has been extensively custom modified for use as a scrying engine. Brunner has called it "the best bloody tool I ever bought."

The Rosenwald sheets function as rudimentary scrying engine, apparently providing a Diagramaceous soil matrix for scrying routines.

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