biconvex
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I then examined the fittings of this mechanism, whose power was increased a hundredfold by biconvex lenses that were designed like those in a lighthouse and kept its rays productively focused.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
The power of our beacon was increased a hundredfold, like a lamp shining through the biconvex lenses of a world–class lighthouse.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
"My helmsman is stationed behind the windows of a pilothouse, which protrudes from the topside of the Nautilus's hull and is fitted with biconvex glass."
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
Tube of corolla cylindrical, enlarging above; upper lip arched, compressed, straight in front; the lower erect-spreading, biconvex, 3-lobed at the apex.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Where two toes overlap, it will be observed that there is a deeper shadow, like the section of a biconvex lens.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various
