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  2. Microscopy - Wikipedia

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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723). The field of microscopy (optical microscopy) dates back to at least the 17th-century.Earlier microscopes, single lens magnifying glasses with limited magnification, date at least as far back as the wide spread use of lenses in eyeglasses in the 13th century [2] but more advanced compound microscopes first appeared in Europe around 1620 [3] [4] The ...

  3. Optical microscope - Wikipedia

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    The optical microscope, also referred to as a light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to generate magnified images of small objects. Optical microscopes are the oldest design of microscope and were possibly invented in their present compound form in the 17th century.

  4. Instruments used in medical laboratories - Wikipedia

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    Microscope: used for visualising minute structures, including microbes: Bunsen burner or spirit lamps or candles: source of fire / heat Ultracentrifuge: used to separate particles dispersed in a liquid according to their molecular mass: Electrophoresis apparatus

  5. Bright-field microscopy - Wikipedia

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    A bright-field microscope has many important parts including; the condenser, the objective lens, the ocular lens, the diaphragm, and the aperture. Some other pieces of the microscope that are commonly known are the arm, the head, the illuminator, the base, the stage, the adjusters, and the brightness adjuster.

  6. Category:Microscope components - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Microscope components" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Achromatic lens;

  7. Microscope slide - Wikipedia

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    A microscope slide (top) and a cover slip (bottom) A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, typically 75 by 26 mm (3 by 1 inches) and about 1 mm thick, used to hold objects for examination under a microscope. Typically the object is mounted (secured) on the slide, and then both are inserted together in the microscope for viewing. This ...

  8. Microtome - Wikipedia

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    From there the tissue can be mounted on a microscope slide, stained with appropriate aqueous dye(s) after removal of the paraffin, and examined using a light microscope. [ 12 ] Frozen section procedure : water-rich tissues are hardened by freezing and cut in the frozen state with a freezing microtome or microtome- cryostat ; sections are ...

  9. Fluorescence microscope - Wikipedia

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    A fluorescence microscope is an optical microscope that uses fluorescence instead of, or in addition to, scattering, reflection, and attenuation or absorption, to study the properties of organic or inorganic substances.