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Meaning of WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wol"las*ton's dou"blet\ [After W. H.
Wollaston, English physicist.] (Optics)
A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It
is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic
dispersion.

 

 

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