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A report on how light and electron microscopes works, their advantages and limitation?
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A report on how light and electron microscopes works, their advantages and limitation? Introduction: - Microscopes give us a large image of a tiny object. The microscopes we use in school and at home trace their history back almost 400 years. The first useful microscope was developed in the Netherlands between 1590 and 1608. Three different eyeglass makers have been given credit for the invention. The possible inventors are Hans Lippershey (who also developed the first real telescope), Hans Janssen and his son Zacharias. Lens quality in early microscopes was often poor so the images were not very clear. But even these rather crude microscopes were a great help in learning more about animals and plants. There are two basic types of microscopes. 1. Light microscopes 2. Electron microscopes. Light microscopes: Light microscopes used in school laboratories. Light microscopes can magnify an object up to 1,000 times. High quality light microscopes are powerful enough to view most...
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