What exactly is a Compound Microscope?
Compound means a microscope that has more than one lens and Microscope, if divided in to two different words as it is, “micro” means small and “scope” means view. Therefore in a whole the meaning is a device that would facilitate the viewing of small organisms with the help of multiple lenses. Simple Microscopes and Compound Microscope differ in the sense that Simple microscopes used a single lens and Compound Microscope uses more than one. Compound microscope can be used for several purposes ranging from medical research to a day at the beach as your urge to know can only be inhibited by your imagination. Like every field of knowledge it is first necessary to know the basics and then remember them as and how you keep working on it. Basics of a Microscope • There are few basic functions that are same for every microscope. For every microscope to work there has to be a light source that would help to illuminate the object that has to be seen. • The source of light can either be a mirror
