converging lens
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That is, f is positive and do > f , so that we may expect an image similar to the case 1 real image formed by a converging lens.
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To use a convex lens as a magnifier, the object must be closer to the converging lens than its focal length.
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Consider an object some distance away from a converging lens, as shown in Figure 25.32.
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For a converging lens, the focal point is the point at which converging light rays cross; for a diverging lens, the focal point is the point from which diverging light rays appear to originate.
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Toward this aperture there may be moved either a converging lens of five dioptries or a diverging lens of the same diameter, but of six dioptries.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various
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