Types of Microscopes

2.  An optical instrument used for viewing very
small objects, typically magnified several
hundred times
 They allow us to view objects in close varying
detail
 Fingerprints
 Microscopic cells
 Hair Strands up close

3.  Magnifying Glass
 Compound Microscope
 Electron Microscope
 Stereoscopic Microscope
 Comparison Microscope

4.  This is what we will use at school
 It is able to magnify objects up to x1000
 Two lenses (1 Eyepiece lens, 1 Objective Lens)
 Most have 3-4 different objective lenses with
different magnification
x4, x10, x40
 Used to look at Fingerprints, Hairs, Fibres,
Glass Fragments