Optics System 1

A complete system to study the principal laws of geometric optics

The Optics System 1 can be used for the study of many aspects of geometric optics, including photometry, luminous intensity, focal length of a lens and many other experiments.

Order Code: 4864.10   £275

Specifications

• Size: 124 x 28 x 12 cm
• Weight: approx. 6 kg
• Packing: durable ABS plastic carry case with foam inserts

Components

• Stackable plug lead (4x)
• Lamp holders, single and quadruple
• Slider for holder, with knob (6x)
• Slider for projector, with knob
• Holder for 50 mm dia. lenses and mirrors
• Transformer, 12 v 2.5 A
• Prism table
• Projector with 12 V 20 W halogen lamp
• Halogen lamp 12 V 20 W, spare
• White metal screen (140 x 140 mm)
• Set of 4 biconvex spherical  lenses (dia. 50 mm)
• Set of 4 biconcave spherical  lenses (dia. 50 mm)
• Set of 4 concave spherical  mirrors (dia. 50 mm)
• Set of 4 convex spherical  mirrors (dia. 50 mm)
• Optical bench with supports
• Shadow rod
• Joly photometer on stem
• Bulb lamp, 12 V 2 W
• Set of seven diaphragms
• Holder for slides and diaphragms
• Millimetre graph paper
• Equilateral glass prism (side 25 mm)

Laws and principles investigated

• Concave and convex mirror
• Convergent and divergent lens
• Focal length
• Gauss approximation
• The eye, hyperopic and myopic eye
• Inverse square law
• Joly photometer
• Lens power
• Luminous intensity
• Magnifier and magnifying power
• Photometry
• Prism
• Ray tracing
• Refractive index
• Umbra and penumbra
• System of lenses
• The microscope
• The telescope
• Thin lens equation

List of the experiments detailed in the instruction manual

• Photometry
• Luminous intensity
• Shadow and penumbra
• Magnifier
• Lenses
• Mirrors
• Thin lens equation
• Focal length
• System of lenses
• Prism
• The eye
• Microscope
• Telescope

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