MICROSCOPE

KELOMPOK 1:
Anisa Ayu Safitri
Elni Dayanti
Fitriza Afka
Risva Cania
A. History of the Microscope
The history of the discovery of the microscope is
in line with research on microbiology. Who entered the
golden period when successfully observing
microorganisms. In 1664 Robert Hooke, describing
the reproductive structure of molds, but the first
person to see microorganisms was a German
microscope amateur, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-
1723), using a microscope with a simple construction.
With this microscope he can see organisms as small as
microorganisms (Kusnadi, 2003).
B. Definition of Microscope
The word derived from the Greek microscope is
micron which means small and scropos which means
to see or aim. So it can be said that a microscope is a
tool to see objects that are too small to be seen with
the naked eye. The main tools in a microscope that are
used to observe are objective lenses and ocular lenses.
In a microscope both the objective lens and the ocular
lens are both convex lenses. Broadly speaking, the
objective lens produces a temporary image that has a
pseudo, inverted and enlarged nature of the original
object's position (Anonymous, 2010).
Ocular Lens/Eye piece

Ocular lens

To enlarge the image

formed by the objective
lens.
They are usually 10X or
15X power.
 Body Tube

body tube

Connects the
eyepiece to the
objective lenses
Arm

Supports the tube

and connects it to the
arm base
 Revolving Nosepiece

To rotate the objective

so that it changes the
revolving nosepiece
magnification.
Stage

To put the glass

object.

stage
 Stage Clips

Stage clips hold the slides in

place. If your microscope
has a mechanical stage, you
will be able to move the
slide around by turning two
knobs. One stage clips
moves it left and right, the
other moves it up and down.
 Objective Lens
To enlarge the specimen.
Usually you will find
3 or 4 objective lenses on a
microscope. They almost
objective lens
always consist of 4X, 10X,
40X and 100X
powers. When coupled
with a 10X (most common)
 Condensor

To gather light so
that it is aimed at
the objective lens
Condensor
Coarse focus knob

To raise or lower the

object table (to look for
Coarse focus knob

focus) roughly and

quickly
Fine focus knob

To raise the object

table gently and
slowly ( used to
bring objects into
focus).
Fine focus knob
 Diaphragm

a device that can be closed

and opened, to regulate the
amount of light entering the
object.
diaphragm
 Light

Makes the specimen

easier to see

light
Base

The bottom of the

microscope, used for
support

base