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A replica (on a smaller scale) of the burning lens owned by Joseph Priestley, in his laboratory

A burning glass or burning lens is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface. Burning mirrors achieve a similar effect by using reflecting surfaces to focus the light. They were used in 18th-century chemical studies for burning materials in closed glass vessels where the products of combustion could be trapped for analysis. The burning glass was a useful contrivance in the days before electrical ignition was easily achieved.

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Burning glass

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A burning glass or burning lens is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in...

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The Burning Glass

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The Burning Glass is a 1954 dramatic play by Charles Morgan. The Burning Glass tells the story of Christopher Terriford, a British scientist who discovers...

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Magnifying glass

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Commons has media related to Magnifying glasses. Aspheric lens Binoculars Burning glass Dome magnifier Glasses Graphoscope Macro lens Optical microscope Optical...

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appeared at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway in the 1954 production The Burning Glass, opposite Cedric Hardwicke and Walter Matthau. A brief marriage to Dean...

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Lens

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been used as a magnifying glass, or a burning glass. Others have suggested that certain Egyptian hieroglyphs depict "simple glass meniscal lenses".[verification...

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Nimrud lens

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Nimrud in modern-day Iraq. It may have been used as a magnifying glass or as a burning-glass to start fires by concentrating sunlight, or it may have been...

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Optical glass

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fires (burning glass), as described by Aristophanes and Pliny, or to make very small, indistinct characters larger and sharper (magnifying glass), according...

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List of Walter Matthau performances

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Ladies of the Corridor Paul Osgood Longacre Theatre, Broadway 1953 The Burning Glass Tony Lack 1955 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Michael Freeman Belasco...

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Pyreliophorus

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The Pyreliophorus was a device similar to a burning glass, created by the Portuguese priest Manuel António Gomes, also known as padre Himalaya, whose...

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Fire glass

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which are used decoratively on fireplaces. Pieces of the glass are heaped around jets of burning gas, or around liquid ethanol, in order to conceal the...

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Structural unemployment

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Atlanta, April 9, 2012; accessed 2016-06-17 Production Skills Gap, Burning Glass Technologies, Jan. 8, 2014; accessed 2016-06-17 Bridge the Gap: Rebuilding...

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Crystal ball

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This omnidirectional focusing can cause a crystal ball to act as a burning glass when it is brought into full sunlight. The image of the sun formed by...

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Tinderbox

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home small pocket tinderboxes were often carried, sometimes set with a burning glass (a magnifying lens) in the lid to light the tinder directly from the...

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Match

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tshui erh. Before the use of matches, fires were sometimes lit using a burning glass (a lens) to focus the sun on tinder, a method that could only work on...

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Heat transfer

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mirrors, which is exploited in concentrating solar power generation or a burning glass. For example, the sunlight reflected from mirrors heats the PS10 solar...

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Lillian Stewart Carl

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ISBN 1-59414-307-2. The Murder Hole. Five Star. 2006. ISBN 1-59414-480-X. The Burning Glass. Five Star. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59414-591-9. The Charm Stone. Five Star...

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Parabolic reflector

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venue of the Games. Parabolic mirrors are one of many shapes for a burning glass. Parabolic reflectors are popular for use in creating optical illusions...

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Productivity software

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Crunched by the Numbers: The Digital Skills Gap in the Workforce, Burning Glass Technologies, March 2015 "office suite". PC Magazine Encyclopedia. Ziff...

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Chinese sun and moon mirrors

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fire from the sun" "burning-glass" "sun-mirror" "burning mirror" "solar kindlers" or "igniters using yang" "burning-mirror" "burning mirror" The name fangzhu...

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Solar puffing

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hits) is the act of using the sun's rays with a magnifying lens or burning glass to heat cannabis for consumption. Utilization of this method also provides...

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Fire making

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pile of tinder. Sunlight can be concentrated using a lens (such as a burning glass) to focus the energy from the sun onto tinder. A concave mirror can...

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Longacre Theatre

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League (March 4, 1954). "The Burning Glass – Broadway Play – Original". IBDB. Retrieved January 5, 2022. "The Burning Glass Broadway @ Longacre Theatre"...

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Great Moon Hoax

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of the telescope, by means of the Sun causing the lens to act as a "burning glass", setting fire to the observatory. The writer of the article was at...

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People skills

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"The Human Factor: The Hard Time Employers Have Finding Soft Skills," Burning Glass Technologies, November 2015 "Human Relations facts, information, pictures...

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Antoine Lavoisier

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air which he had produced by heating the red calx of mercury with a burning glass and which had supported combustion with extreme vigor. Priestley at...

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Campfire

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stirring the mixture and add more water, then check that there are no burning embers left whatsoever. Never bury hot coals, as they can continue to burn...

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Smoked glass

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Smoked glass is glass held in the smoke of a candle flame (or other inefficiently burning hydrocarbon) such that one surface of the sheet of glass is covered...

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Cannabis smoking

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bowls” ) is the act of using the Sun's rays with a magnifying lens or burning glass to heat cannabis for consumption. Hotboxing involves multiple persons...

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Laki

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faint in passing through it, that when collected in the focus of a burning glass they would scarce kindle brown paper. Of course, their summer effect...

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