INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

PHYSICS CLASS 12
SUBMITTED TO : SUBMITTED BY :
Mrs.Deepti Joshi Divyansh jeena
Roll.no. 9 (Nine)
 INDEX

• What is compound microscope?

• Working and principle of compound microscope
• Parts Of compound microscope
• Advantage and 0f compound microscope
• Summary
 What is compound microscope?
A compound microscope is defined as

A microscope with a high resolution and uses two sets of lenses

providing a 2-dimensional image of the sample.

The term compound refers to the usage of more than one lense
In the microscope
Compound microscope is one of the types of optical
microscope
 Working and principle of compound
microscope
A compound microscope is considered to be one of the standard
microscopes that can be used for general purposes.
The arrangement of the lens is such that it magnifies the objects
from the complex system.

There are two types of lenses that are used in the compound
microscope:
1-The objective lens close to object
• 2 -The eyepiece allows the image to be viewed. The eyepiece is
also known as the ocular lens.
• The light is made to pass through the thin transparent object.
• A magnified image of the object is obtained by the objective lens.
This image is known as the real image.
• The eyepiece or the ocular lens then magnifies the real image
more and is viewed as the virtual image.
• The compound microscope is also known as the bright-field
microscope because the light passes directly through the light
source to the eye through the two lenses.
 The compound microscope is also known as the bright-
field microscopebecause the light passes directly through
the light source of eye through the two Lenses

The mechanism makes the field of vision brightly

illuminated

Microscope is a device used for the magnification of the

sample

This microscope is user-friendly and easy to handle.

 Parts of compound microscope
The compound microscope is mainly used for studying the
structural details of cell, tissue, or sections of organs. The
parts of a compound microscope can be classified into
two:

1-Non-optical parts

2-Optical parts

Non optical parts

• Base
• The base is also known as the foot which is either U or horseshoe-
shaped. It is a metallic structure that supports the entire microscope.
• pillar
• The connection between the base and the arm are possible through the
pillar.
• Arm
• The arm is also known as the limb which is a metallic handle forming
the connection between the arm to the inclined joint. The stage and
the body tube is supported by the arm.
• Incline joint
• If the observation has to be done in a sitting position, then the
microscope can be tilted using the inclination joint
• Stage
• It is the metallic platform that is fitted to the lower part of the arm
with a hole in the center. The microscopic slides are placed on the
stage either by using side clips or by mechanical stage clips.
• Body tube
• The main purpose of the body tube is to hold the objective and
ocular lenses at the two ends. The end where the ocular lens is
present is known as the head while the end where the objective lens
is placed is known as the nose piece. For the passage of light rays
through the body tube, there is a pathway.
 Advantage and • Advantages of Compound
disadvantage of Microscope
compound microscope • Due to the usage of multiple lenses,
one can obtain detailed information
about the sample.
• These microscopes have their own
sources of light.
• This microscope is user-friendly and
easy to handle.
 Disadvantages of compound
microscope
The magnification of the sample is possible only to a certain extent
once this limit is reached the sample cannot be viewed.
 • There are organisms and other
objects in the world that are just too
SUMMERY
small for the naked eye to see.
These tiny organisms are called
microorganisms. When scientists
need to view these tiny organisms,
then they use a compound
microscope, also called a compound
light microscope.