Which optical effect limited Baghdad's House of Wisdom in high-precision lens grinding for astronomical instruments?

💡 Explanation

Spherical aberration limited early lens quality because the lens's shape caused light rays to converge imperfectly, blurring perceived images. Therefore, image clarity suffered, rather than the diffusion or interference patterns inherent in other aberrations.

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