A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
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In mid-March 1926, Burbank suffered a heart attack and became ill with gastrointestinal complications. He died on April 11, 1926, aged 77, and is buried near the greenhouse at the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens.