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  2. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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    There are binoculars designed specifically for civilian and military use under harsh environmental conditions at sea. Hand held models will be 5× to 8× magnification, but with very large prism sets combined with eyepieces designed to give generous eye relief.

  3. Fresnel lens - Wikipedia

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    Such a lens can be regarded as an array of prisms arranged in a circular fashion with steeper prisms on the edges and a flat or slightly convex center. In the first (and largest) Fresnel lenses, each section was actually a separate prism.

  4. History of optics - Wikipedia

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    Often used by monks to assist in illuminating manuscripts, these were primitive plano-convex lenses, initially made by cutting a glass sphere in half. As the stones were experimented with, it was slowly understood that shallower lenses magnified more effectively. Around 1286, possibly in Pisa, Italy, the first pair of eyeglasses was made ...

  5. Prism sight - Wikipedia

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    Magnification. An Elcan SpecterOS 4x prism sight with a Shield Sights reflex sight mounted on top. Prism sights often have fixed low-power magnification such as 1× (parity magnification or "non-magnifying"), 2×, 3× or 4x magnifications, sometimes 5× or more.

  6. Lens - Wikipedia

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    Lenses are made from materials such as glass or plastic and are ground, polished, or molded to the required shape. A lens can focus light to form an image, unlike a prism, which refracts light without focusing.

  7. Loupe - Wikipedia

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    Prismatic, multiple lenses with prisms. Uses. Loupes are used in many professions where magnification enables precision work to be done with greater efficiency and ease. Examples include surgery, dentistry, ophthalmology, the jewelry trade, gemology, questioned document examination and watchmaking.