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    The Microscope

    The History
    ! Many people experimented with making microscopes ! Was the microscope originally made by accident? (Most people were creating telescopes) ! The first microscope was 6 feet long!!! ! The Greeks & Romans used lenses to magnify objects over 1000 years ago.

    The History
    ! Hans and Zacharias Janssen of Holland in the 1590s created the first compound microscope ! Anthony van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke made improvements by working on the lenses

    Anthony van Leeuwenhoek 1632-1723

    Hooke Microscope

    Robert Hooke 1635-1703

    The History

    Zacharias Jansen 1588-1631

    The First Microscope

    How a Microscope Works


    Convex Lenses are curved glass used to make microscopes (and glasses etc.)

    Convex Lenses bend light and focus it in one spot.

    How a Microscope Works


    Ocular Lens (Magnifies Image) Objective Lens (Gathers Light, Magnifies And Focuses Image Inside Body Tube)

    Body Tube (Image Focuses)

    !Bending Light: The objective (bottom) convex lens magnifies and focuses (bends) the image inside the body tube and the ocular convex (top) lens of a microscope magnifies it (again).

    The Parts of a Microscope

    Ocular Lens Body Tube

    Nose Piece Arm Objective Lenses Stage Clips Diaphragm Light Source Base Stage Coarse Adj. Fine Adjustment

    Skip to Magnification Section

    Body Tube
    ! The body tube holds the objective lenses and the ocular lens at the proper distance

    Diagram

    Nose Piece
    ! The Nose Piece holds the objective lenses and can be turned to increase the magnification

    Diagram

    Objective Lenses
    ! The Objective Lenses increase magnification (usually from 10x to 40x)

    Diagram

    Stage Clips
    ! These 2 clips hold the slide/specimen in place on the stage.

    Diagram

    Diaphragm
    ! The Diaphragm controls the amount of light on the slide/specimen

    Turn to let more light in or to make dimmer. Diagram

    Light Source
    ! Projects light upwards through the diaphragm, the specimen and the lenses ! Some have lights, others have mirrors where you must move the mirror to reflect light

    Diagram

    Ocular Lens/Eyepiece
    ! Magnifies the specimen image

    Diagram

    Arm
    ! Used to support the microscope when carried. Holds the body tube, nose piece and objective lenses

    Diagram

    Stage
    ! Supports the slide/specimen

    Diagram

    Coarse Adjustment Knob


    ! Moves the stage up and down (quickly) for focusing your image

    Diagram

    Fine Adjustment Knob


    ! This knob moves the stage SLIGHTLY to sharpen the image

    Diagram

    Base
    ! Supports the microscope

    Diagram

    Magnification

    Magnification
    ! To determine your magnificationyou just multiply the ocular lens by the objective lens ! Ocular 10x Objective 40x:10 x 40 = 400
    So the object is 400 times larger Objective Lens have their magnification written on them.

    Ocular lenses usually magnifies by 10x

    Caring for a Microscope


    ! Clean only with a soft cloth/tissue ! Make sure its on a flat surface ! Dont bang it ! Carry it with 2 HANDSone on the arm and the other on the base

    Carry a Microscope Correctly

    Using a Microscope
    ! Start on the lowest magnification ! Dont use the coarse adjustment knob on high magnificationyoull break the slide!!! ! Place slide on stage and lock clips ! Adjust light source (if its a mirror dont stand in front of it!) ! Use fine adjustment to focus

    References
    ! ! ! http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n17/history/neurons1_i.htm Google Images http://science.howstuffworks.com/light-microscope1.htm

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