What are the parts of a microscope AND THEIR FUNCTIONS?
A microscope (Greek: μικρόν (micron) = small + σκοπεῖν (skopein) = to look at) is an instrument for viewing objects that are too small to be seen by the naked or unaided eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy. The term microscopic means minute or very small, not visible with the eye unless aided by a microscope. The microscopes used in schools and homes trace their history back almost 1200 years with Abbas Ibn Firnas’s corrective lenses and it was Ibn al-Haytham’s Book of Optics — which was written when he was under house arrest from 1011 to 1021 — that laid the foundation for optical technology. The first useful microscope was developed in the Netherlands in the early 1600s.Three different eyeglass makers have been given credit for the invention: Hans Lippershey (who also developed the first real telescope); Hans Janssen; and his son, Zacharias. The coining of the name “microscope” has been credited to Giovanni Faber, who gave tha
