Lens

Lens
SNES (left) and PC (right)
First appearance	Mario's Time Machine (1993)

The Lens is an item in the SNES version of Mario's Time Machine. It is an old-fashioned type of lens, made of polished metal rather than glass. Several characters in the game note that that type of lens is quickly becoming obsolete with Isaac Newton's discovery that a curved mirror works like a lens. Mario receives a lens from a manufacturer of such equipment and later gives it to Edmund Halley, who had misplaced the lens from his telescope, in exchange for further information on Newton.

Mario's Time Machine
Super Mario characters		Bowser • Bowser's mother^b • Donkey Kong Jr.^c • Iggy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Luigi^a • Mario • Roy Koopa^d • Yoshi^d
Historical persons used as characters		Abraham Lincoln^a • Albert Einstein^c • Andrew Iverson^a • Anne Hathaway • Aristotle • Benjamin Franklin • Booker T. Washington^a • Catherine Dickens^a • Charles Dickens^a • Charles-Gaspard de la Rive^a • Cleopatra • Constanze Mozart^a • David Grenewetzki^a • Deborah Read^a • Don Lloyd^a • Duke of Alençon • Edmund Halley • Ferdinand Magellan • Francis Drake • Frederick Douglass^a • Galileo Galilei^a • George Washington Carver^a • Henry Ford^a • Ho Ti^a • Isaac Newton • Jeff Griffeath^a • Joan of Arc • Johann Gutenberg • Joseph Haydn^a • Juan Sebastian Del Cano • Julius Caesar • Kublai Khan • Leonardo da Vinci • Louis Pasteur^a • Ludwig van Beethoven • Mahatma Gandhi • Marco Polo • Mary Todd Lincoln^a • Michael Faraday^a • Michelangelo Buonarroti • Minamoto no Yoritomo^c • Pierre Paul Emile Roux^a • Plato • Queen Elizabeth I • Raphael Sanzio • Richard Burbage • Royal Society • Sarah Barnard^a • Thomas Edison • Thomas Jefferson • Ts'ai Lun^a • William Shakespeare • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart^a
Enemies		Bird^c • Bodyslam Koopa^c • Bullet Bill^a • Koopa • Mine • Pterodactyl^a • Shark^a • Space Troopa^c • UFO^c • Walking Turnip^c
Locations		Academy • Alexandria • Athens • Berlin Wall^c • Bowser's castle • Bowser's Museum • Calcutta • Cambridge University • Cambuluc • Cretaceous Period • Egypt^c • Florence • Germany^c • Gettysburg^c • Gobi Desert • Independence Hall • Japan^c • Kitty Hawk^c • London • Luoyang^a • Mainz • Menlo Park • Moon^c • Novato^a • Orleans • Padua^a • Paradise • Paris^a • Philadelphia • Stratford-upon-Avon • Swan Inn • Trinidad • Tuskegee^a • Vienna • Washington, D.C.^a • White House^a
Items and objects		Almanac^a • Apple • Art File^a • Astrolabe • Backscratcher • Ball^a • Bamboo^a • Beret • Book^a • Book of Marco Polo • Bosun's Pipe • Bow^a • Bowser Statue • Bread • Bucket of Plaster • Buckle^a • Bug Fix^a • Bug Report^a • Bunny^a • Calculus Book • Cat • Chisel • Chocolate^a • Cloth^a • Compass^a • Conversations on Chemistry^a • Crank Handle^a • Crown • Cup of Tea • Declaration of Independence • Dictionary^a • Dinosaur Egg^c • Drawing of Air Screw • Drawing of Ideal Man • Drumstick • F=MA • Fan • Feather • Filament • Firecracker^a • Fireworks • Flag (India) • Flag (United States of America)^c • Flask^a • Floppy Disk^a • Flute^a • Football • Globe • Grape • Handkerchief • Hand Mirror • Horse's Bit • Hourglass Block^c • Ice Cream^a • Incense • Inkwell^a • Information box^c • Key (Mainz) • Key (Philadelphia)^a • Knife • Ladder • Laurel Wreath • Law Book • Lemonade^a • Lens • Light Bulb^c • Magnet^a • Measuring Stick • Metal Type • Metronome • Milk^a • Mona's Mirror • Mona Lisa • Money^a • Monocle • Mushroom • Music • Newspaper • Notebook • Onion • Paint • Paintbrush • Painting^a • Pamphlet • Paper Money • Pearl Necklace • Penny^a • Physics Equation^c • Poetry Book^a • Postcard • Principia • Print Block • Propeller^c • Quill Pen (1602)^c • Quill Pen (Orleans) • Rat Trap • Republic • Rice^a • Scarf^a • Scissors • Script^a • Scroll^a • Shield • Skull • Sledgehammer^c • Spectacles (Philadelphia) • Spectacles (Washington, D.C.)^a • Sphinx^c • Staff • Stamp^a • Starman^c • Steering Wheel^c • Stovepipe Hat^c • Sword^c • Tea Bag • Telegram • Telescope (Padua)^a • Telescope (Trinidad) • Throne^c • Ticket^a • Timulator • Tire^a • Torch^c • Toy^a • Turkey^a • Turtle Cannon^c • Watch^a • Warp Pipe^c • Whirlpool • Wooden Snake
Other		Staff
^a Exclusive to the DOS/PC releases ^b Exclusive to the Deluxe release ^c Exclusive to the NES release ^d Not in the SNES release

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