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Microscope 2015 NOTES 2
Microscope 2015 NOTES 2
C. Coarse Adjustment
F D. Fine Adjustment
E
H E. Arm
Medium
(10x)
F. Revolving Nosepiece
M. Base
A Compound Microscope
A compound light microscope uses two lenses to make
an image look bigger.
One is the eyepiece lens and the other is the objective
lens.
Each lens bends the light making the image look larger.
low power: 4x
medium power: 10x
high power: 40x
Calculating Total Magnification
To figure out the total magnification use this equation:
Total Magnification (x) = Eyepiece x Objective
same (10X)
Changing objectives changes
total magnification
General Procedures
•1. Make sure all books, etc., are out of the aisles and
off desks.
•Your lens is dirty. Use lens paper, and only lens paper
to carefully clean the objective and ocular lens. The
ocular lens can be removed to clean the inside.
)
Making a Wet Mount
1. Gather a thin slice/piece of whatever your specimen is.
• If your specimen is too thick, then the coverslip will
wobble on top of the sample like a see-saw, and you
will not be able to view it under High Power.