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Elementary lessons in astronomy (1889)

Lockyer, Norman, Sir, 1836-1920 · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 248

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Fig. 45.—Action of a Convex Lens upon a beam of parallel rays. tliat when held at a certain distance from the lens a holewill be burned through it; this distance marks the focaldistance of the lens. If we place an arrow, ab, in front ofthe lens ;;/;/. v/e shall have an image of an arrow behind at … Fig. 46.—Showing how a Convex Lens, m «, with an arrow, a b, in front of it,throws an inverted image, a b, behind it. a I/, every point of the arrow sending a ray to every pointin the surface of the lens ; each point of the arrow, infact, is the apex of a sone of rays resting on the lens, anda…

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