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506762
Caption: Light waves matching the orientation of the molecules of a polarizing filter are absorbed, reducing the intensity of the light
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 27.02 MB
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506588
Caption: Arrangement for an optical shutter, operating by the Kerr effect
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 16.10 MB
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481011
Caption: Ring laser gyroscope, an example of an optical gyroscope.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 33.84 MB
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506666
Caption: Polarized lenses selectively block light of horizontal orientation, resulting in a dramatic decrease in glare
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 14.03 MB
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481304
Caption: The bottom views of a mechanical and an optical mouse, detailing their components.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 30.32 MB
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481153
Caption: Liquid crystal arrangements - nematic, smectic A, and smectic C - used in LCD screens.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 12.89 MB
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41242
Caption: Large Face With Eyeglasses
Artist: James Endicott
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.92 MB
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40573
Caption: Books With Caterpillar, Snail And Flowers
Artist: Stanley Martucci
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.93 MB
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40543
Caption: Man at desk inside eye
Artist: Janusz Kapusta
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 27.81 MB
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506987
Caption: The colours of the visible spectrum vary according to their wavelengths
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 12.84 MB
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41253
Caption: Man Pulling Tape Measure Out Of Giant Head
Artist: James Endicott
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.91 MB
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52087
Caption: Surreal/Doorway/Tree/Clouds
Artist: Bjorn Richter
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 30.07 MB
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42490
Caption: Two Hands With Eyes Walking Down Path
Artist: Hal Lose
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.97 MB
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506640
Caption: Image formation in a microscope, according to the Abbe theory
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 35.98 MB
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506744
Caption: The mechanical components of a compound microscope
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 26.29 MB
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506797
Caption: A lens magnifying an object
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 21.32 MB
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41266
Caption: Two People Holding Circuit Bird
Artist: James Endicott
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.95 MB
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506563
Caption: The components of a scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 41.86 MB
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506727
Caption: The components of a transmission electron microscope (TEM)
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 39.70 MB
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40314
Caption: Eye With Magnifying Glass
Artist: Bob Commander
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 30.08 MB
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507064
Caption: The reversal of light by a prism (top) and the dispersion of white light into its component colours by a prism (bottom)
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 13.31 MB
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506604
Caption: In the law of reflection, images are reflected from a smooth surface at the same angle (q2) as the incidence angle (q1)
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 18.60 MB
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481136
Caption: Projective version of Euclid's fundamental theorem of similarity.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.31 MB
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506934
Caption: The zoetrope, an early form of motion picture technology, induced an illusion of movement from pictures on its rotating drum
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 40.72 MB
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506589
Caption: A cross section of the human eye, showing its major parts, including the protective covering of the cornea
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 16.78 MB
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507027
Caption: A rainbow forms when sunlight is refracted by spherical water droplets in the atmosphere, producing the primary arcs of colour
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.85 MB
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506909
Caption: The Munsell colour tree, a 3-D representation of the Munsell system, which defines colours by scales of hue, value, and chroma
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 36.59 MB
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481451
Caption: Additive and subtractive methods of color combination.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 21.26 MB
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506646
Caption: Interference patterns formed by test surfaces A: flat surface, B & C: convex surface, D: irregular surface, 2 contact points
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 12.66 MB
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507029
Caption: Double refraction showing two rays emerging when a single light ray strikes a calcite crystal at a right angle to one face
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 31.59 MB
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506881
Caption: A converging lens focuses the rays from a distant object by causing them to converge at a focal point behind the lens
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 11.61 MB
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53969
Caption: Network Technology
Artist: Guy Crittenden
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 33.77 MB
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481057
Caption: The eye connects to points on the reality plane by sight lines that intersect with the picture plane, generating the drawing.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.31 MB
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432863
Caption: Sprouting potatoes as mature couple
Artist: Todd Davidson
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 68.65 MB
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23807
Caption: Man With Computer Discs
Artist: Todd Davidson
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 61.08 MB
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481534
Caption: A cutaway view shows how light passes through the lenses and prisms of binoculars.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 39.68 MB
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2184
Caption: Side view of a man's face
Artist: Scott Menchin
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 13.46 MB
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481447
Caption: Electromagnetic spectrum. The visible range (shaded portion) is shown enlarged on the right.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.43 MB
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45213
Caption: Scientists observing the moon with a telescope
Artist: Thierry Huynh
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 29.93 MB
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481253
Caption: Steps in the evolution of the eye as reflected in the range of eye complexity in various living mollusk species.
Artist: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 17.91 MB
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12950
Caption: Person pulling prism
Artist: Janusz Kapusta
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 48.15 MB
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519102
Caption: Profile of person using a staircase,window and telescope to convey vision
Artist: Fanatic Studio
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 51.21 MB
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519777
Caption: Torso with giant eyeball
Artist: Rob Colvin
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 52.31 MB
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495278
Caption: Faces of man and woman in labyrinth
Artist: Grahame Arnould
Release: Not Applicable
File Size: 50.52 MB