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    • Magnifying glass, van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope, stereomicroscope
    Rights: Magnifying glass Image licensed through 123RF Ltd. Leeuwenhoek’s microscope courtesy of Jeroen Rouwkema Creative Commons ShareAlike 3.0 and GNU Free Documentation Licence. Modern microscope image courtesy of Dolbunov GNU Free Documentation Licence Published 29 February 2012 Size: 210 KB Referencing Hub media

    Microscopes use a lens or lenses to magnify objects. A magnifying glass, van Leeuwenhoek’s simple microscope and a modern stereomicroscope are all forms of microscope.

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      How microscopes magnify

      A microscope is something that uses a lens or lenses to make small objects look bigger and to show more detail. This means that a magnifying glass can count as a microscope! It also means that ...

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