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单词 Ramsden
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Ramsden

/ˈramzdən/
Optics
noun
Attributive and (now rare ) in the genitive. Designating an eyepiece consisting of two planoconvex lenses of equal focal length with their convex surfaces towards each other and a separation less than their focal length.
  • This arrangement has the focal plane outside the eyepiece, and so lends itself to use with a graticule or cross hairs..

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From the name of Jesse Ramsden, English instrument-maker, who described the eyepiece in 1783 (Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 94).

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