• Question: do microscope uses mignified glass or something else???

    Asked by nicenadia to Alessandro, Angela, Claudia, Marina, Phil on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Claudia Krehl

      Claudia Krehl answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Microscopes use a number of mirrors and lenses to bend light so that we can see details of even the smallest things.

    • Photo: Phillip Wilkinson

      Phillip Wilkinson answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      They are similar, where as a magnified glass is a single lens. A microscope will have multiple lenses!

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