Classic work presents Conrady's complete system of optical design. Part One covers all ordinary ray-tracing methods, together with the complete theory of primary aberration and as much of higher aberration as is needed for the design of telescopes, low-power microscopes, and simple optical systems.
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Classic work presents Conrady's complete system of optical design. Part One covers all ordinary ray-tracing methods, together with the complete theory of primary aberration and as much of higher aberration as is needed for the design of telescopes, low-power microscopes, and simple optical systems.
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