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burning glass

large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface
Place invention Q368027
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Summary

burning glass is an invention[1]. It draws 887 Wikipedia views per month (invention category, ranking #17 of 40).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: fire-making tool[3], lens[4]
  • Commons category: Burning glasses[5]

Why It Matters

burning glass has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Elisabetta Viti2 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → invention
    Instance of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'nn', 't
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