Ignazio Porro
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Ignazio Porro was an Italian
inventor of optical instruments.
Porro's name is most closely associated with the prism system which he invented around 1850 and which is used in the construction of Porro prism
binoculars
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Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
inventor of optical instruments.
Porro's name is most closely associated with the prism system which he invented around 1850 and which is used in the construction of Porro prism
Porro prism
In optics, a Porro prism, named for its inventor Ignazio Porro, is a type of reflection prism used in optical instruments to alter the orientation of an image....
binoculars
Binoculars
Binoculars, field glasses or binocular telescopes are a pair of identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes when viewing distant objects...
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External links
- Biography of Ignazio Porro at the FSU Molecular Expressions website
- Information about Porro at the Carl Zeiss website