The dissecting microscopes usually use reflected light, bouncing off the surface of the specimen before reaching your eyes. It also allows you to perceive depth, because the two eyes see the specimen through separate lenses. The magnification of the dissecting microscope is not as great as the compound microscope. It does, […]

Electron microscopes are extremely sophisticated types of magnification devices. These are used in archaeology, medicine, and geology to look at surfaces and layers of objecs such as organs and rocks. Instead of using light, these devices point a stream of electrons at the specimen and attached computers analyze how the electrons […]

A compound light microscope has a white light source emitting rays that travel through the condenser lens to concentrate the light and focus it on the specimen. The specimen is located on a slide, which is placed on the stage of the microscope. The light passes through the specimen into the […]

Different types of microscopes have been used to look at human cells, identify minerals, solve crimes, see how freezing affects food, study metals, and find the causes of crop diseases. Microscopes are an essential tool in medicine too. They have been used to identify the causes of many deadly diseases like […]