AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
The light microscope can extend our ability to see detail by 1000 times, so that we can see objects as small as 0.1 micrometer (um) or 100 nanometers (nm) in diameter. The transmission electron microscope extends this capability to objects as small as 0.5 nm in diameter, 1/200,000th the size of objects that are visible to the naked eye. Without microscopes, our understanding of the structures and functions of cells and tissues would be severely limited.
