// Scilab code Ex3.6 : Pg:101 (2008) clc;clear; F = 12; // Focal length of the eye-piece, cm // For Huygen's eye-piece // As F = f1*f2/(f1 + f2 - d) and f1 = 3*f; f2 = f; d = 2*f, solving for f f = poly(0, 'f'); f = roots(3*f*f-F*(3*f+f-2*f)); // Focal length of the eye-lens, cm d = 2*f(1); // Distance of separation of two lenses, cm f1 = 3*f(1); // Focal length of the first plano-convex lens, cm f2 = f(1); // Focal length of the second plano-convex lens, cm printf("\nFor Huygen eye-piece:"); printf("\nThe focal lengths of the plano-convex lenses are %1.0f cm and %2.0f cm", f1, f2); printf("\nThe distance between the lenses = %2.0f cm", d); // For Ramsden eye-piece // As F = f1*f2/(f1 + f2 - d) and f1 = f; f2 = f; d = 2/3*f, solving for f f = poly(0, 'f'); f = roots(f*f-12*(f+f-2/3*f)); // Focal length of the eye-lens, cm d = 2/3*f(1); // Distance of separation of two lenses, cm f1 = f(1); // Focal length of the first plano-convex lens, cm f2 = f(1); // Focal length of the second plano-convex lens, cm printf("\n\nFor Ramsden eye-piece:"); printf("\nThe focal lengths of the plano-convex lenses are %1.0f cm and %2.0f cm", f1, f2); printf("\nThe distance between the lenses = %5.2f cm", d); // Result // For Huygen eye-piece: // The focal lengths of the plano-convex lenses are 24 cm and 8 cm // The distance between the lenses = 16 cm // For Ramsden eye-piece: // The focal lengths of the plano-convex lenses are 16 cm and 16 cm // The distance between the lenses = 10.67 cm // The distance between the lenses for Ramsden eye-piece is wrong in the textbook