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Optical Instruments

The document outlines various optical instruments, including their functions and components. It describes the periscope, magnifying glass, camera, microscope, telescope, and binoculars, highlighting their image formation characteristics and lens configurations. Each instrument serves a specific purpose, such as magnifying objects, capturing images, or viewing distant scenes.

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Optical Instruments

The document outlines various optical instruments, including their functions and components. It describes the periscope, magnifying glass, camera, microscope, telescope, and binoculars, highlighting their image formation characteristics and lens configurations. Each instrument serves a specific purpose, such as magnifying objects, capturing images, or viewing distant scenes.

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OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS FUNCTIONS AND COMPONENTS

PERISCOPE  Consists of a box and two parallel plane mirrors.


 The mirrors are placed at a 45O angle in the box.
 The image formed by the periscope is virtual,
upright, the same size as the object and at the
same distance as the object
MAGNIFYING GLASS  Consists of a convex lens held at a position
shorter than its focal length.
 The image formed by the magnifying lens is
virtual, upright and larger that the object.
 The virtual image formed is larger than the size
of the object.
CAMERA  A convex lens is used to focus the image on film.
 The image formed on the film is real, inverted
and diminished.
MICROSCOPE  Used to see minute objects.
 Consists of two convex lenses, i.e. the objective
lens and the eyepiece.
 Both lenses have short focal lengths.
 The objective lens has a shorter focal length as
compared to that of the eyepiece.
TELESCOPE  Used to see distant objects.
 Consists of two convex lenses, i.e. the objective
lens and the eyepiece.
 The objective lens has a long focal length
whereas the eyepiece has a short focal length.
BINOCULARS  There are two types of binoculars, i.e. non –
prism binoculars and prism binoculars
 Prism binoculars (e.g. “porro prism”) are more
widely used these days. Both the objective and
eyepiece lenses are convex lenses and they
form brighter images.
 Non – prism binoculars (e.g. “Galilean
binoculars) consist of convex lenses for the
objective and concave lenses for the eyepieces.

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