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  2. Didymium - Wikipedia

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    Didymium glasses. Didymium (Greek: δίδυμο, twin) is a mixture of the elements praseodymium and neodymium.It is used in safety glasses for glassblowing and blacksmithing and filter lenses for flame testing, especially with a gas ()-powered forge [why?], where it provides a filter that selectively blocks the yellowish light at 589 nm emitted by the hot sodium in the glass without having a ...

  3. Crown glass (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The borosilicate glass Schott BK7 (glass code 517642) is an extremely common crown glass, used in precision lenses. Borosilicates contain about 10% boric oxide, have good optical and mechanical characteristics, and are resistant to chemical and environmental damage.

  4. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    Glasses, also known as eyeglasses and spectacles, are vision eyewear with clear or tinted lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically utilizing a bridge over the nose and hinged arms, known as temples or temple pieces that rest over the ears.

  5. Category:Corrective lenses - Wikipedia

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  6. Optical spectrometer - Wikipedia

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    Spectrometers are used in many fields. For example, they are used in astronomy to analyze the radiation from objects and deduce their chemical composition. The spectrometer uses a prism or a grating to spread the light into a spectrum. This allows astronomers to detect many of the chemical elements by their characteristic spectral lines.

  7. Micropsia - Wikipedia

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    Micropsia is a condition affecting human visual perception in which objects are perceived to be smaller than they actually are. Micropsia can be caused by optical factors (such as wearing glasses), by distortion of images in the eye (such as optically, via swelling of the cornea or from changes in the shape of the retina such as from retinal edema, macular degeneration, or central serous ...

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