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Lens

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A lens helps us see.

Large convex lens.jpg
Large convex lens.jpg
It can make light bend. This can make things look big. It also helps us see clearly. Lenses are in glasses and cameras.
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lens3b.svg
Can you find a lens near you?

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File:Double-lens burning apparatus, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Kieslingswalde (today Slawonice, Poland), c. 1690 - Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, Dresden - DSC08133.JPG
Double-lens burning apparatus, Ehrenfried...
File:Optics from Roger Bacon's De multiplicatone specierum.jpg
Optics from Roger Bacon's De...
File:LSST Telescope - L1 Lens of the camera.jpg
LSST Telescope - L1 Lens of the camera.jpg
File:Lenses en.svg
Lenses en.svg
File:lens1.svg
lens1.svg
File:Large convex lens.jpg
Large convex lens.jpg
File:lens1b.svg
lens1b.svg
File:concave lens.jpg
concave lens.jpg
File:Meniscus lenses.svg
Meniscus lenses.svg
File:Refraction at spherical surface.svg
Refraction at spherical surface.svg
File:Refraction in spherical surface.svg
Refraction in spherical surface.svg
File:Four spherical refractions.png
Four spherical refractions.png

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