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A magnifying glass is a convex lens that is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle. A magnifying glass can be used to focus light, such as to concentrate the Sun's radiation to create a hot spot at the focus for fire starting. A plastic Fresnel lens sold as a TV-screen magnifier
A stadimeter operator adjusts the lower knob until the top and bottom of the object are aligned, and then reads the corresponding range off the edge of the lower knob through a small magnifying lens. A stadimeter is an optical device for estimating the range to an object of known height by measuring the angle between the top and bottom of the ...
The desirable amount of magnification depends upon the intended application, and in most binoculars is a permanent, non-adjustable feature of the device (zoom binoculars are the exception). Hand-held binoculars typically have magnifications ranging from 7× to 10×, so they will be less susceptible to the effects of shaking hands. [25]
The Large Binocular Telescope at the Mount Graham International Observatory in Arizona uses two curved mirrors to gather light. An optical telescope gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct visual inspection, to make a photograph, or to collect data through electronic image sensors.
The earliest stereoscopes, "both with reflecting mirrors and with refracting prisms", were invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone and constructed for him by optician R. Murray in 1832. [1] Herbert Mayo shortly described Wheatstone's discovery in his book Outlines of Human Physiology (1833) and claimed that Wheatstone was about to publish an essay ...
Large table-top viewer for vue d'optique prints. Late 18th century An example of a picture designed for viewing under a zograscope equipped with a mirror, its text written right-to-left. A zograscope is an optical device for magnifying flat pictures that also has the property of enhancing the sense of the depth shown in the picture