Wednesday, May 5, 2010




It's finally the AP Exam, the test that we have all been looking forward to for the entire year. When somebody other than doc! is standing in front of the room. Several days ago, I discovered this neat contraption in my room, evidently spoils of a long forgotten war. Apparently this is a contraption for magnifying images, up to 10 times the original size. The apparatus is merely a fancy convex lens. Two single sided convex lens are separated by a space of air which increases the magnification of the two lens by increasing the distance between the two focal points. The lens are also protected by some sort of metal casing, in case someone inadvertently drops the magnifying glass into a pool of sulfuric acid.

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