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A cylindrical lens with spherical ends of different radii. The covering of the tube into which the lens is fitted is called the “cap.”
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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