MICROSCOPE REVIEW

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MICROSCOPE REVIEW

• PARTS

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EYE PIECE(OCULAR LENS)
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BODY TUBE
4
NOSE PIECE
5
OBJECTIVE LENSES
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ARM
7
STAGE STOP
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STAGE CLIPS
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STAGE
10
LIGHT APERTURE
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DIAPHRAGM

• ROTATABLE CIRCLE UNDERNEATH STAGE WITH PINHOLES
  OF VARYING SIZE.

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COURSE ADJUSTMENT
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FINE ADJUSTMENT
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LIGHT SOURCE

• LAMP IS SHOWN. ON EARLY VERSIONS OF LIGHT
  MICROSCOPES MIRRORS WERE USED!

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POWER SWITCH

• ON/OFF

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BASE
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PROPER USES

• MAGNIFY SPECIMEN
• STUDY MICROSCOPIC SPECIMEN
• ALIVE
• DEAD
• WET MOUNTED
• DEHYDRATED PRESERVED

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MAGNIFICATIONS

• OCULAR LEN MAGNIFYS SPECIMEN 10X
• LOW POWER OBJECTIVE 10X
• MID POWER OBJECTIVE 25X
• HIGH POWER OBJECTIVE 40X

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TOTAL MAGNIFICATION

• OCULAR LENS x OBJECTIVE
• 10 X LOW POWERED (10)
  100
• 10 X MID POWERED (25)
  250
• 10 X HIGH POWERED (40)
  400