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*Robert Farrell's Parts of the Microscope

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Pointer in the eye piece   Found in Occular  
Occular - Eyepiece   Lens nearest the eye  
Mechanical Stage (with stage clips)   Holds a slide steady and moves a slide onstage  
Arm   Supports body tube  
Vertical Adjustment Knob   Moves slide up and back on stage  
Coarse Adjustment Knob   Moves objectives into focus  
Horizontal Adjustment Knob   Moves slide left to right on stage  
Fine Adjustment Knob   Permits exact focusing  
Base   Bears the weight of the scope  
Body Tube   Keeps Occular and objective lenses at proper distance from each other  
Nose Piece   Permits interchange of objectives  
Objectives   Contains lenses of various manifications  
Stage   Supports the slide  
Iris Diaphragm   Regulates the amount of light going through specimen  
Condenser   quality of light  
Illuminator   Provides the light source  
Stage Clip   Holds slide on stage  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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