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Old 10-23-2007, 05:35 PM   #15
mwBarlow
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Fresnel Lenses as Booklight...

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Originally Posted by aapezzuto View Post
Thats actually very interesting, if this has a special name that would be very helpful, like the flat lenses that have the etched rings are called something (I think bernell lenses)
They're called Fresnel Lenses and that might be a pretty good place to start investigating...

How does a Fresnel lens work?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question244.htm
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