31. Rigid lenses are able to replace the natural shape of the cornea with a new refracting surface. 32. On the square, a kind of refracting telescope provides a kaleidoscope view of the car park. 33. They serve important symbolic functions such as capturing, refracting , and legitimating social knowledge and values. 34. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex Galileo used this design the following year. 35. The difficulties with the impractical metal mirrors of reflecting telescopes led to the construction of large refracting telescopes. 36. The objective in a refracting telescope focal point; while those not parallel converge upon a focal plane. 37. It is in the Netherlands in 1608 where the first recorded optical telescopes ( refracting telescopes ) appeared. 38. Already at age 12, Kutter manufactured his first refracting telescope from lenses taken from a toy cinematograph. 39. RIT owns a 12 " Meade telescope, a 16 " telescope, and several smaller refracting telescopes. 40. The refracting lenses used in the imaging spectrometer limit performance by the axial chromatic aberrations of the lens.