Burning-glass
a converging lens used to produce heat or ignite substances by focusing the sun’s rays.
Historical Examples
The Boy’s Playbook of Science John Henry Pepper
Stories of Invention Edward E. Hale
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson
The White Scalper Gustave Aimard
The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete Charles M. Skinner
An Introduction to the History of Science Walter Libby
Great Inventions and Discoveries Willis Duff Piercy
Black Diamonds Mr Jkai
Six Lectures on Light John Tyndall
noun
a convex lens for concentrating the sun’s rays into a small area to produce heat or fire
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