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  2. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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    Binoculars or field glasses are two refracting telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects. Most binoculars are sized to be held using both hands, although sizes vary widely from opera glasses to large pedestal-mounted military ...

  3. Abbe–Koenig prism - Wikipedia

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    Binoculars diagram showing an Abbe–Koenig prism. An Abbe–Koenig prism is a type of reflecting prism, used to invert an image (rotate it by 180°). They are commonly used in binoculars and some telescopes for this purpose. The prism is named after Ernst Abbe and Albert Koenig.

  4. Schmidt–Pechan prism - Wikipedia

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    These prisms are commonly used in binoculars as an image erecting system. The Schmidt–Pechan prism makes use of a roof prism section (from the German: "Dachkante", lit. roof edge). Binoculars designs using Schmidt–Pechan prisms can be constructed more compactly than ones using Porro or Uppendahl roof and Abbe–Koenig roof prisms.

  5. Comparison diagram - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of skyscrapers. Comparison diagram or comparative diagram is a general type of diagram, in which a comparison is made between two or more objects, phenomena or groups of data. [1] A comparison diagram or can offer qualitative and/or quantitative information. This type of diagram can also be called comparison chart or comparison chart.

  6. Talk:Binoculars/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    1 Roof Prisms. 2 Correction. 3 Extenal links. 4 comments. 4 Title. 4 comments. 5 Astronomical. 1 comment. 6 Use at sea. 1 comment. 7 Choosing binoculars. 1 comment. 8 ...

  7. Magnification - Wikipedia

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    By convention, for magnifying glasses and optical microscopes, where the size of the object is a linear dimension and the apparent size is an angle, the magnification is the ratio between the apparent (angular) size as seen in the eyepiece and the angular size of the object when placed at the conventional closest distance of distinct vision: 25 ...