{{Short description|Type of optical instrument}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2025}}
A '''viewing instrument''' is a type of optical instrument that is used to assist viewing or visually examining an object or scenery.
==Types== {{div col|colwidth=20}} * binoculars * contact lenses * cystoscope * electrotachyscope * endoscope including oblique-viewing instruments for seeing the digestive system<ref name="g770">{{cite book | last=Cotton | first=Peter B. | title=Advanced Digestive Endoscopy | publisher=John Wiley & Sons | publication-place=Malden, Mass | date=2009-01-26 | isbn=978-1-4443-0027-7 | page=47}}</ref><ref name="u113">{{cite book | last=Reis | first=L. van der | title=The Esophagus | publisher=Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers | publication-place=Basel | date=1978-06-26 | isbn=978-3-318-03626-8 | page=151}}</ref> * eyeglasses * fibrescope * finderscope * fluoroscope * gastroscope * gonioscope * kinetoscope * laryngoscope * magnifying glass * microscope<ref name="b78">{{cite book | last=Johnson | first=B. K. | title=Optics and Optical Instruments | publisher=Courier Corporation | date=2012-04-30 | isbn=978-0-486-14383-5 | page=45}}</ref> * ophthalmoscope * otoscope * periscope<ref name="t575"/> * phenakistoscope also phenakistiscope * praxinoscope * reflector sight<ref name="t575">{{cite book | last=Education | first=Naval | title=Basic Optics and Optical Instruments | publisher=Courier Corporation | date=2013-02-06 | isbn=978-0-486-16461-8}}</ref> * spectroscope * spotting scope * stereoscope * stroboscope * tachistoscope * telescope<ref name="b45">{{cite book | last=Johnson | first=B. K. | title=Optics and Optical Instruments | publisher=Courier Corporation | date=2012-04-30 | isbn=978-0-486-14383-5 | page=78}}</ref> * teleidoscope * viewfinder {{div col end}}
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Category:Optical instruments