Which consequence emerged during early Islamic Alhazen experiments when increasing a lens thickness used for solar observation?

💡 Explanation

Increasing lens thickness exacerbates chromatic aberration because dispersion increases with material path length. Therefore, images produced become increasingly blurry with colored fringes, rather than improving image clarity; this effect overshadowed resolution gains then.

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