Study of compound microscope
AIM : Study of compound microscope INTRODUCTION : A compound microscope is a type of microscope that uses two sets of lenses to magnify the image under the microscope. it has an objective lens that has a resolution of 4x,10x, 40x, 100x, and an eyepiece of resolution of 10x. the usage of both lenses, compounds or magnifies the image of the object below the objective lens to achieve a resolution of 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x. Parts of the compound microscope may be grouped into two major categories Ø Mechanical parts Ø Optical parts. (a) Mechanical Parts: These include base or foot, pillar, arm, inclination joint, stage, clips, diaphragm, body tube, nose piece, coarse adjustment knob and fine adjustment knob. (b) Optical Parts: These include eye piece lens, objective lenses and mirror. All these parts are briefly described below: 1. ...