Microscope Use Resources
Optical Microscopy Primer
Helpful Java Tutorials with animations on:
Simple Magnification, Transmitted Light Microscopy, Numerical Aperture, Microscope Assembly, Substage Condenser Numerical Aperture, The Condenser Aperture Diaphragm, Condenser Light Cones, The Field Diaphragm, Immersion Oil, Objective Focal Length, Alignment of Lamp Filament, Lasers etc.
My favorite tutorials are:
This tutorial shows all the ways one can adjust the light coming through a specimen
This tutorial shows how adjusting the condenser aperture diaphragm affects the image
This tutorial shows how to correctly adjust the field diaphragm
Microscope alignment for Kohler Illumination
Powers of 10
Go from pictures of the universe to pictures of subatomic particles through a series of images - each an enlargement of a portion of the previous one
