Microscope is a instrumentsthat help to enlarge minutes(micro = very small) organisms or their parts. A microscope not only presents
a magnified view of the object but also ‘resolves’ it better.
Resolution is the feature which makes it possible to differentiate between two
points present close together in the objects being viewed. The first
microscope was constructed by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723).
This, microscope consisted of a single biconvex lens fitted in a small window
of a “board” and the object was viewed through it. This was a simple
microscope.
After this compound microscopes were developed using combinations of two
lenses. Improvements continued, newer and newer’ microscopes were
designed and are still being improved. Different types of microscopes that are
being used for different biological studies from the beginning are as follows:
1) Simple microscope
2) Compound microscope
3) Electron microscope
4) Phase contrast microscope
5) Interference microscope.
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