CHY 183 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anemophily, Birefringence, Real Image
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* microscope: optical instrument that uses a lens or lenses to magnify and resolve the fine details of an object. * handheld magnifying glass was the simplest microscope and made things appear larger because of the way light rays are refracted/bent in passing through air into glass and back into air. * a virtual image is an image that cant be seen directly but only by a viewer looking into a lens while a real image can be seen directly. * object to be magnified is placed under the lower lens or objective lens and then the magnified image is viewed through the upper lens or eyepiece lens; combined power of both lenses can produce magnification of 1,500x. * arm: supports microscope and acts as a handle. * stage: specimens are placed mounted on glass slides held by spring clips. * body tube: contains objective and eyepiece lenses at opposite ends, corridor where light passes through.
