microscope

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Compound microscope

microscope, optical instrument used to increase the apparent size of an object.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Electron Microscopes
• Modified Compound Microscopes
• Development and Uses
• Computation of Magnifying Power
• Compound Microscopes
• Simple Microscopes
• Bibliography

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