From: greif1-nospamhere@rochester.rr.com   
      
   On 11/23/2010 7:11 PM, Optical wrote:   
   > I was having this argument at work.   
   >   
   > Some claim that reading glasses work because they magnify small print.   
   > They claim that reading glasses sold at drug stores are labelled in   
   > terms of their "magnification power" or strength.   
   >   
   > I was arguing that the goal of reading glasses is not to magnify, but to   
   > move the focal point, and that they don't really perform any   
   > magnification.   
   >   
   > Who's right?   
   >   
   > Do many people use the term "magnification" incorrectly when talking   
   > about reading glasses?   
   To answer the question originally asked; do they magnify when placed on   
   the nose and used as eyeglasses; No.   
   The lens of the eyeglass "adds" itself optically to the lens in your   
   eye, and the resulting combination allows you to focus closer than you   
   could before, thereby allowing you to see it better.   
   gr   
      
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