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Compound Microscopes Allow Scientists To Share The View
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Compound Microscopes
Scientists are embracing the compound microscope because it has opened doors to varying degrees of magnification and views. The microscope has been a welcomed addition to scientific endeavors from earth to sky to water and the cosmos beyond. Microscopes evolved from the same common platform but the technology has evolved and been fine tuned in its ability to magnify specimens as well as allowing more than one individual to view a specimen at a time.
Microscopes originally were able to magnify an object up to 10 times its original size; the technology has advanced to the point where the magnification is possible at a level of 10,000 times the specimens’ original size. In addition to the magnification having been increased, microscopes also can be found in a compound style: monocular (single lens), binocular (double lens), and trinocular (triple lens). A compound microscope by its nature means that there are two optical lens styles involved. When scientists view an object they see it through the ocular lens, which is focused on the specimen, which is then visible through the eyepiece.
Teachers and college professors find the use of a compound microscope invaluable in not only sharing the view with the student, but it allows the professor to view the specimen as well and point out vagaries the untrained eye might have missed.
As both a teaching tool and as a way to allow scientists and researchers to view the same specimen, the compound microscope can be attached to a computer and the images can then be projected upon to a screen.
Universe Optics manufactures a full line of objectives and eyepieces for microscopy and other applications. 4x through 100x are in stock, as well as 60x long-working-distance objectives.