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2. Reading stone - Wikipedia

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   The invention of reading stones is often credited to Abbas ibn Firnas in the 9th century, [1] although the regular use of reading stones did not begin until around 1000 AD. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early reading stones were were made from rock crystal (quartz), beryl and glass, which could be shaped and polished into lenses used for magnification.

3. Grandma's Reading Glass - Wikipedia

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   Grandma's Reading Glass is a 1900 British silent trick film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring a young boy who borrows a huge magnifying glass to focus on various objects. The film was shot to demonstrate the new technique of close-up .

4. We found the 20 best gifts to buy your grandkids this season

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   It includes everything they need to unearth the 15 real gemstones—an excavation tool, magnifying glass, and excavation brush—plus it comes with a full-color guide to help them identify what ...

5. Magnifying glass - Wikipedia

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   A pen seen through a magnifying glass Jim Hutton as detective Ellery Queen, posing with a magnifying glass. 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. Beyond its primary function of magnification, this simple yet ingenious tool serves a ...

6. List of Dora the Explorer episodes - Wikipedia

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   The synopsis of this pilot parallels the episode "Beaches".[4]Note: This pilot features prototypes of the main characters, sometimes with significantly different designs, including Dora (green-eyes, not with brown eyes), Boots (different appearance and not wearing boots), Benny (a brown bull, not blue, called "Benito"), Tico (a blue Skunk with orange hair, not a purple squirrel with pink hair ...

7. The Snow Queen - Wikipedia

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   Kai becomes cruel and aggressive. He destroys their window-box garden, he makes fun of Gerda's grandmother, and he no longer cares about Gerda, since everyone now appears bad and ugly to him. When winter comes again, the only things he finds no fault in are snowflakes, which he studies through a magnifying glass.