Explore: Compound Microscopes

There are two basic types of optical microscopes: simple microscopes and compound microscopes. A simple microscope uses the optical power of a single lens

of microscopes are the fluorescence microscope, electron microscope (both the transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope) and

Wayback Machine Zeiss microscopes resource site First simple microscope made by Carl Zeiss in 1847/1848 Early compound microscope made by Carl Zeiss Carl

The stereo microscope should not be confused with a compound microscope equipped with double eyepieces and a binoviewer. In such microscopes, first popularized

his glass-grinding machine he manufactured optical instruments and compound microscopes with two convex lenses, for which there was a constant demand. At

microscope for viewing biological specimens (see Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes). 1725: Edmund Culpeper develops the double tripod compound microscope

The Campani compound microscope is a microscope on exhibit at the Museo Galileo in Italy, thought to have been built by optical instrument maker Giuseppe

background, hence the name. Compound microscopes first appeared in Europe around 1620. The actual inventor of the compound microscope is unknown although many

system. Due to their design, compound microscopes have improved resolving power and contrast in comparison to simple microscopes, and can be used to view

led to wider spread use of simple microscopes (magnifying glasses) with limited magnification. Compound microscopes, which combine an objective lens with