Microscope

The ratio of the size of the object as seen through the microscope and the actual size of the object

• Magnification

• Resolving power

• Focal power

Determined by the shortest wavelength of visible light and maximum numerical aperture

• Magnification

• Resolving power

• Focal power

• Numerical aperture

Measurement of the ability of the condenser and the objective lens to gather light

• Magnification

• Resolving power

• Focal power

• Numerical aperture

Thickness of the object that may be seen at one time under focus

• Magnification

• Resolving power

• Focal length

• Numerical aperture

Thickness of the object that may be seen at one time under focus

• Magnification

• Resolving power

• Focal length

• Numerical aperture

Distance between the front lens and the top lens

• Working distance

• Social distance

• Eye distance

Quality of the objectives and eyepiece where no change in focus needs to be made when substituting the specimen with another

• Working distance

• Parfocal

• Quick change

Bending of light rays away from the objective lens

• Refractive index

• Reflective index

• Opaque index

Father of the microscope

• Antony van Leeuwenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• Rudolf Virchow

• Adolf Hitler

First microscope

• Simple microscope

• Compound microscope

• Compact Microscope

• Telescope