What is Microscope?
A microscope is a device used for analyzing objects that are undetectable to the naked eye, and microscopy is the study of how to make use of a microscope. In simple terms, microscopes are just tubes filled with lenses—curved pieces of glass that cause light rays to bend (or refract) as they pass through them. The simplest microscope, which commonly magnifies by 5–10 times, is a magnifying glass manufactured from a single convex lens.
Compound microscopes, which employ at least two lenses to provide a magnified image, are commonly used in educational settings and in professional laboratories. Each of these could consist of a variety of lenses. Most compound microscopes have magnification powers of 10, 20, 40, or 100 times, however, professional models have magnification powers over 1000, maybe even more. Scientists typically use electron microscopes at magnifications greater than this.
Functions of Microscope
A Microscope is an apparatus that enhances the views of tiny substances. It gives the viewer a remarkably close-up picture of minuscule structures at a scale suitable for scrutiny and study. Invisible to the human sight microscopic items are magnified using the microscope. Additionally, a microscope allows us to see a variety of species, such as a cell, the structure of dust particles, etc. It comes from the Greek words “mikros,” which means small, and “skopein,” which means to see.