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2. 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 ...

3. 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 only began around 1000 AD. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early reading stones were manufactured from rock crystal (quartz) or beryl as well as glass, which could be shaped and polished into stones used for viewing.

4. Magnification - Wikipedia

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   The postage stamp appears larger with the use of a magnifying glass. Stepwise magnification by 6% per frame into a 39-megapixel image. In the final frame, at about 170x, an image of a bystander is seen reflected in the man's cornea. Magnification is the process of enlarging the apparent size, not physical size, of something.

5. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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   Binoculars concentrate the light gathered by the objective into a beam, of which the diameter, the exit pupil, is the objective diameter divided by the magnifying power. For maximum effective light-gathering and brightest image, and to maximize the sharpness, [27] the exit pupil should at least equal the diameter of the pupil of the human eye ...

6. Magnifier - Wikipedia

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   A magnifier is a device used for magnification. Magnifier can also refer to: Magnifying glass, an optical device for magnification; Screen magnifier, software that magnifies part of a computer screen Magnifier (Windows), a screen magnifier for Microsoft Windows; Magnifier (iOS), a magnifying glass app for iOS; Magnifier, a magnifying glass app ...

7. Opera glasses - Wikipedia

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   Magnification power below 5× is usually desired in these circumstances in order to minimize image shake and maintain a large enough field of view. [1] A magnification of 3× is normally recommended. The design of many modern opera glasses of the ornamental variety is based on the popular lorgnettes of the 19th century. Often, modern theatre ...