Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lens

(Latin, a lentil or bean). Glasses used in mathematical instruments are so called because the double convex one, which may be termed the perfect lens, is of a bean shape.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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