Essays Tagged: "Lens (optics)"

To observe image formation by thin lenses and to compare results with those given by the simple lens equation.

Objective: To observe image formation by thin lenses and to compare results with those given by the simple lens equation. Also measure the focal l ... results with those given by the simple lens equation. Also measure the focal length of a converging lens. use this lens to form real images and to compare the measured position of each image with theo ... form real images and to compare the measured position of each image with theory. And, also use the lens to observe a virtual image, estimate is magnifying power, and compare with theory.Theory:The fo ...

(2 pages) 25 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Science, How is an eye like a camera?

if it is dark an eye's pupil will open up to let more light in and in a camera you have to open the lens to let more light so you get a clear photo. The lens is the eye of the camera. Its function is ... Its function is to bring light from the subject into focus on the film. A camera can have a single lens or a complex set of lenses. Together with the shutter, the lens controls the amount of light th ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Visual Impairment

ironment. The human eye is similar to a camera; it collects, focuses, and transmits light through a lens to create an image of its surroundings. In a camera, the image is created on film or an image s ... e tissue at the back of the eye."Light rays enter the front of our eye through the clear cornea and lens. It is very important that both the cornea and lens are clear as this allows the light to pass ...

(9 pages) 39 1 3.5 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Investigating the Compound Microscope

Aim:To investigate and understand the effects of two convex lenses – the objective and the eyepiece lenses – being placed apart forming a magnified im ... ented by a scientist called Robert Hooke (1635 – 1703), who found out that by placing 2 convex lenses apart from each other in a specific distant, it is possible to magnify any object. The light ... ible to magnify any object. The light microscope is basically made up of 5 components, the eyepiece lens (also known as the ocular lens) the objective lens, stage, focus and the light source. (Please ...

(7 pages) 2274 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Science and technoloy

4Science and Technology: research lens in a camera. Understanding camera lenses can help add more creative control to digital photogra ... tanding camera lenses can help add more creative control to digital photography. Choosing the right lens for the task can become often complex but is of the most utter importance to project the most p ... en complex but is of the most utter importance to project the most perfect perspective one can get. Lenses are pieces of glass that bend light and form images. The lens bends light as it goes in and a ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Science Essays