converging lens
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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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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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Figure 25.36 uses ray tracing to show how an image is formed when an object is held closer to a converging lens than its focal length.
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The converging lens produces an image farther from the eye than the object, so that the farsighted person can see it clearly.
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Intercepting the luminous portion of his spectrum he brought, by a converging lens, the ultra-red rays to a focus, but by this condensation he obtained no light.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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