A magnifying glass (called a hand lens in laboratory contexts) is a convex lens that is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle (see image). A magnifying glass can be used to focus light, such as to concentrate the sun's radiation to create a hot spot at the focus for fire starting.
The convex lens of a hand lens is used to create a magnified image of something. OPTIONS:
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Two people have life-threatening injuries after a home in north Birmingham caught on fire. Birmingham Fire and Rescue got the call about a house fire in the 3400 block of 31st Street North around 2:37 p.m., Capt. Cedric Hunt said. Upon arrival, Hunt said firefighters discovered two women were trapped in the house. Both were rescued and taken to UAB Hospital with burns that Hunt described as life-threatening. Hunt said the cause of the fire and where the fire started is unknown, but investigators are on the scene. The flames were contained in about 15 minutes. This post will be updated.
Birmingham contains a r OPTIONS:
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The Economist said that much of the credit for deficit reduction goes to the passage of time and to successful reforms implemented by the previous government, including free trade, deregulation of financial services, transportation and energy and of course the GST that the Liberals used to be opposed to but now embrace and which the Prime Minister claims on foreign trips to have invented.
Government Sales Tax was not very popular with the Liberals OPTIONS:
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