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Solar furnace (723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

array of plane mirrors to gather sunlight, reflecting it onto a larger curved mirror. The ancient Greek / Latin term heliocaminus literally means "solar

Dioptre (1,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

m−1. It is normally used to express the optical power of a lens or curved mirror, which is a physical quantity equal to the reciprocal of the focal length

Catadioptric sensor (49 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

system. These are panoramic sensors created by pointing a camera at a curved mirror. Borg, Mark (2003). "Omnidirectional Visual Tracking; Chapter 3: Catadioptric

Niccolò Zucchi (1,253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

constituta", published in 1652–56, described his 1616 experiments using a curved mirror instead of a lens as a telescope objective, which may be the earliest

Three-mirror anastigmat (1,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

telescopes with just one or two curved surfaces. A telescope with only one curved mirror, such as a Newtonian telescope, will always have aberrations. If the

Optical head-mounted display (1,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into two main families: "Curved Mirror" (or Curved Combiner) based and "Waveguide" or "Light-guide" based. The curved mirror technique has been used by

Solar furnace of Uzbekistan (467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

away from Tashkent city. The furnace is the largest in Asia. It uses a curved mirror, or an array of mirrors, acting as a parabolic reflector, which can

Archimedes' heat ray (847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Archimedes' Mirror. The episode demonstrated the use of a much smaller curved mirror to burn a wooden model. In 2004, the TV show MythBusters found mirrors

Technirama (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sometimes adapted for Technirama. Technirama used 1.5:1 anamorphic curved mirror optics in front of the camera lens (unlike CinemaScope's cylindrical

Multiphoton intrapulse interference phase scan (1,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reflection is deflected to the Mirror (M) and then to the curved mirror (CM). The curved mirror reflects the laser to the spatial light modulator (SLM)

Burning glass (1,847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

based on the Archimedes' Mirror) did successfully use a much smaller curved mirror to burn a wooden model, although the scaled-down model was not made

Ritchey–Chrétien telescope (2,133 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

high-performance professional telescopes. A telescope with only one curved mirror, such as a Newtonian telescope, will always have aberrations. If the

Štefan Planinc (245 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

written by Anton Ingolič, 1959 Živali v ukrivljenem zrcalu (Animals in a Curved Mirror), written by Vid Pečjak, 1957 Črni bratje (Black Brothers), written

Optical cavity (2,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mirrors, and a mobile pickup mirror is similarly placed near the other curved mirror. A flat linear stage with one pickup mirror is used in case of flat

Red dot sight (2,408 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

marketed the first "electronic" red dot sight combining a reflecting curved mirror and a light-emitting diode, based on a design by Helsingborg engineer

William Bourne (mathematician) (795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

and from his writing it seemed to consist of peering into a large curved mirror that reflected the image produced by a large lens (Bourne noted in his

Monochromator (2,656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the optical system. The slit is placed at the effective focus of a curved mirror (the collimator, C) so that the light from the slit reflected from the

Observational astronomy (3,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

great precision. Typical requirements for grinding and polishing a curved mirror, for example, require the surface to be within a fraction of a wavelength

Levstik Award (303 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Živali v ukrivljenem zrcalu The PGC Secret Society and Animals in a Curved Mirror 1958 Milan Bizovičar Maghellanovo potovanje okoli sveta Magellan's Journey

Laser TV (2,644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

laser beam the horizontal refresh modulation. It reflects off of a curved mirror onto a galvanometer-mounted mirror which provides the vertical refresh

Retroreflector (4,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

form of the cat's eye retroreflector uses a normal lens focused onto a curved mirror rather than a transparent sphere, though this type is much more limited

György Bodola (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Musicians caricatures. His works were included in the exhibition „Curved mirror”. Hungarian, Polish, Czech and Slovak artists took part in it (2005

Neutron microscope (728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

large enough (a few tenths of a degree for thermal neutrons) that a curved mirror can be used. Curved mirrors then allow an imaging system to be made

Eye (7,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from above is focused by a lens, while that coming from below, by a curved mirror composed of many layers of small reflective plates made of guanine crystals

Fast inverse square root (4,544 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the angle of incidence; in this case, on light reflecting from a curved mirror. The fast inverse square root is used to generalize this calculation

Anamorphosis (4,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The length of the flat drawing's curves are reduced when viewed in a curved mirror, such that the distortions resolve into a recognizable picture. Unlike

M. C. Escher (6,255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1524 Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, depicting his own image in a curved mirror, while William Hogarth's 1754 Satire on False Perspective foreshadows

List of physical quantities (187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

extensive Optical power P Measure of the effective curvature of a lens or curved mirror; inverse of focal length dioptre (dpt = m−1) L−1 Permeability μs Measure

European Southern Observatory (4,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conditions. VISTA's main mirror is 4.1 metres (13 ft) across, a highly curved mirror for its size and quality. Its deviations from a perfect surface are

BattleTech Centers (3,379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was being reflected through a beam splitter into an Infinity Optics curved mirror. Surrounding the primary display would be 5 monochrome auxiliary monitor

Wolfgang Cerny (1,131 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

role. In 2019, Cerny played lead roles in Zoya (released in 2020), Curved Mirror and Tell Her by director Alexander Molochnikov. In the horror film Row

Smartglasses (5,428 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Most of these techniques can be summarized into two main families: "Curved Mirror" (or Curved Combiner) based and "Waveguide" or "Light-guide" based.

Laser weapon (4,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

may reduce these effects include: Spreading the beam across a large, curved mirror that focuses the power on the target, to keep energy density en route

Australian non-residential architectural styles (6,483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mirror glass skyscraper. 200 Queen Street. Melbourne. Completed in 1983. Curved mirror glass skyscraper. Rialto Towers, Melbourne; completed 1986. Australia's

Computer security compromised by hardware failure (5,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on a nice day. The reflection of an object, a computer display, in a curved mirror creates a virtual image that is located behind the reflecting surface

Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci (7,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"perspective" to produce an image that is intelligible only with a curved mirror or from a specific vantage point. Leonardo wrote: Those who are in love

James P. Gordon (1,920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

later contribution to lasers included the analysis of the confocal, or curved mirror laser resonator. He joined with G. Boyd, to introduce the concept of

Lindbergh Beacon (Los Angeles) (2,028 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

bulb, flat cover-filter in front of the bulb, and—behind the bulb—a curved mirror, likely parabolic. March 1926: Ground breaking at the $5,000,000 Los

Art of the United Kingdom (10,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Sky Mirror in various locations; like much of his work these use curved mirror-like steel surfaces. The environmental sculptures of British land artist

Ray transfer matrix analysis (3,590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

so there is no net change in slope or position. Reflection from a curved mirror ( 1 0 − 2 R e 1 ) {\displaystyle {\begin{pmatrix}1&0\\-{\frac

Ring laser (5,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Typically, there are n waists. For stability, there has to be at least one curved mirror in the circuit. Out-of-plane rings have circular polarization. The choice

Emergency vehicle lighting (17,448 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

revolving lights may contain a single, stationary bulb around which a curved mirror is spun (or which is attached to a spinning mirror), or a lamp with

The Flying Circus of Physics (6,374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

151 Using a solid metal ball to focus light 6.152 A fast spin in a curved mirror 6.153 Color of cigarette smoke 6.154 If you could see in the UV 6.155