Wikimedia Commons: Minonk, Illinois. Minonk is a city in Minonk Township, Woodford County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,078 at the 2010 census, down from 2,168 in 2000. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Everything is Illuminated chronicles a young, Jewish-American writer's attempt to research his grandfather's life in Ukraine. Jonathan, who has the same name as the book's author, is attempting to find his grandfather's shtetl, Trachimbrod.
Conjugate planes in the path of the illuminating light rays in KÃ¶hler illumination (Figure 1(a)) include: 1  The lamp filament. 2  The condenser aperture diaphragm (at the front focal plane of the condenser). 3  The back focal plane of the objective.