It makes objects appear larger than the objects are
the lens of our eyes is different to the lens of a magnifying glass-it can change its shape from thick to thin
A fresnel lens is a type of magnifying glass itself. NOT the most familiar type like sherlock holmes used. You can find fresnel lenses stuck to the back window of vans, in lighthouse lenses. any magnifying lens that has concentric ridges to achieve the magnification effect only using a thin lens.
A magnifying lens is convex i.e. it bulges outwards. A concave lens would make objects appear smaller.
Have you ever wondered how a magnifying glass is constructed? A magnifying glass is constructed by using a convex lens to curve and magnify objects. A magnifying glass is also constructed out of glass.
A magnifying lens
convex... gago
By using a hand lens/magnifying glass or by using a microscope Olga Uganhoffen
it is used in a concave lens
Fresnel lens
With a magnifying lens
A magnifying lens
Roger Bacon invented the magnifying glass. The magnifying glass is also called the hand lens. It was invented in 1250.