lesson 1 Flashcards
for enlarging small objects not clearly seen by the naked eye
MAGNIFICATION
for increasing the amount of the details an observer can see to distinguish two separate but adjacent parts
RESOLUTION
spectacle-makers and father-and-son created the first microscope
Hans and Zacharias Janssen
Observe insects and first to observe bacteria
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek 1675
tiny organisms moving in the water
ANIMALCULES
invents the ultramicroscope, which allows for observation of specimens below the wavelength of light.
RICHARD XSIGMONDY
Transparent biological materials are studied for the first-time using–invention of the phase-contrast microscope
FRITS XERNIKE
ust six years after the invention of the phase contrast microscope comes the electron microscope, developed by
ERNST RUSKA
Types of Microscope
- Compound microscope - Monocular and Binocular
- Stereo microscope
- Digital microscope
- Fluorescence microscope
- Inverted microscope
- Automated imaging system
The high-powered objective lens (40x)(also called
also called “high dry” lens
3-D specimen images possible with the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope by
Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer