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Optical Instruments

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In this part, we discuss optical instruments that rely, so to speak, on geometrical optics; they are primarily lens devices. Our purpose is not merely to describe the instruments, but to present enough material to permit intelligent use of them.

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Young, M. (1992). Optical Instruments. In: Optics and Lasers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02697-7_3

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