Optical instruments
A. Cameras
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/cameras.html
B. Telescopes and microscopes
Here's a Q & A on telescopes
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/telescopes_and_microscopes.html
And for some history of the telescope, go to
http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/optics3.htm
http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/optics4.htm --
For information on refracting telescopes, tries these sites
http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Student_Work/Astronomy96/This Applet simulates a refracting tetescope
http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/physengl/refractor.htm
Harold Edgerton was a professor of physics at M.I.T. and a pioneer in stroboscopic photograph. His work and the work of his students can be seen at http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/main.html
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