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  2. Lens - Wikipedia

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    A burning apparatus consisting of two biconvex lens. A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction.A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (elements), usually arranged along a common axis.

  3. Advanced Resistive Exercise Device - Wikipedia

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    The Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) is an exercise device designed by NASA to allow for more intense workouts in zero gravity. The device was flown to the International Space Station during STS-126 [ 1 ] and installed in 2009 to replace its inefficient predecessor, the Interim Resistance Exercise Device. [ 2 ]

  4. Periscope - Wikipedia

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    The two periscopes differ in the way they erect the image. The left one uses an erecting prism whereas the right uses an erecting lens and a second image plane. a Objective lens b Field lens c Image erecting lens d Ocular lens e Lens of the observer's eye f Right-angled prism g Image-erecting prism

  5. Optical coating - Wikipedia

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    The unwanted interference effects are suppressed by vapour-depositing a special dielectric coating known as a phase-compensating coating on the roof surfaces of the roof prism. These phase-correction coating or P-coating on the roof surfaces was developed in 1988 by Adolf Weyrauch at Carl Zeiss [6] Other manufacturers followed soon, and since ...

  6. Levelling - Wikipedia

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    A wooden tripod holding an optical level is set up firmly on the ground. Levelling or leveling (American English; see spelling differences) is a branch of surveying, the object of which is to establish or verify or measure the height of specified points relative to a datum.

  7. Optical disc drive - Wikipedia

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    In computing, an optical disc drive (ODD) is a disc drive that uses laser light or electromagnetic waves within or near the visible light spectrum as part of the process of reading or writing data to or from optical discs.

  8. Mariner 10 - Wikipedia

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    Reprocessed Mariner 10 data was used to produce this image of Mercury. The smooth band is an area of which no images were taken. Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus.

  9. Does Medicare cover hearing aids? Coverage and costs ... - AOL

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    Full cost. Prescription hearing aids can cost anywhere from $2,000 to $8,000. Over-the-counter hearing aids are available as of late 2022 and cost between $250 and $3,000 or more. These do not ...