MICROSCOPE REVIEW PARTS
EYE PIECE (OCULAR LENS)
BODY TUBE
NOSE PIECE
OBJECTIVE LENSES
ARM
STAGE STOP
STAGE CLIPS
STAGE
LIGHT APERTURE
DIAPHRAGM ROTATABLE CIRCLE UNDERNEATH STAGE WITH PINHOLES OF VARYING SIZE.
COURSE ADJUSTMENT
FINE ADJUSTMENT
LIGHT SOURCE LAMP IS SHOWN. ON EARLY VERSIONS OF LIGHT MICROSCOPES MIRRORS WERE USED!
POWER SWITCH ON/OFF
BASE
PROPER USES MAGNIFY SPECIMEN STUDY MICROSCOPIC SPECIMEN ALIVE ALIVE DEAD DEAD WET MOUNTED WET MOUNTED DEHYDRATED PRESERVED DEHYDRATED PRESERVED
MAGNIFICATIONS OCULAR LEN MAGNIFYS SPECIMEN 10X LOW POWER OBJECTIVE 10X MID POWER OBJECTIVE 25X HIGH POWER OBJECTIVE 40X
TOTAL MAGNIFICATION OCULAR LENS x OBJECTIVE 10 X LOW POWERED (10) = X MID POWERED (25) = X HIGH POWERED (40) = 400