This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
Binocular Telescope, is a telescope to which both eyes may be applied at once, and consequently, the same object observed at the same time with both. It consists of two tubes, with two sets of glasses, of the same power, and adjusted to the same axis, which has been said to exhibit objects larger and more distinct than a single or monocular glass. There are also microscopes of the same construction, but they are very seldom used.
 
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