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Re: Diverging lenses

On Mon, 14 May 2001, SSHS KPHOX wrote:
PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
Other than vision correction, is there other common uses
for diverging lenses?

An achromatic objective in a telescope has one of each with different
compositions to minimize chromatic aberation.

The peep hole in my front door has one of those.

Galileo's original telescope used a diverging eyepiece.
Crawford