The Microscope and How to Use It Revised Edition Contributor(s): Stehli, Georg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486225755 ISBN-13: 9780486225753 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $7.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1970 Annotation: Nontechnical, generously illustrated explanation of how microscope works, what kind to use, how to prepare and examine specimens, maintenance, etc. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Electron Microscopes & Microscopy - Science | Applied Sciences |
Dewey: 578 |
LCCN: 70107464 |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.34" W x 8.08" (0.37 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A world of pleasure, excitement and new knowledge awaits one who learns to use the microscope -- a world in which table salt crystals appear as jewels, a drop of water swarms with life, a butterfly's wings reveal a cascade of multicolored particles. This book is for anyone who would like to enter that world, whether or not he has ever used a microscope before. No special knowledge is required. In non-technical language and with generous use of illustration, the author explains how a microscope works and what kind to use; how to adjust the instrument and position the specimens to be viewed; examination of simple objects: a human hair, feathers, milk. At the same time, he shows how to prepare the objects, what to purchase for the purpose, how to care for it; one's every question is anticipated and clearly answered. The fundamentals understood, the reader is taken into further exploration viewing insect parts, diatoms, plankton, molds, leaves, ferns, fruit rinds, fish scales, animal parts. As we proceed, we learn step by step the techniques involved: use of chloroform, preparation of permanent slides, mounting in glycerine, preparing dye solutions, dissection, and blood smearing. We learn how to detect fat, find Vitamin C in food substances, prepare a frog for examination, view and distinguish bacteria, use the oil-immersion objective, dye bacilli spores, do microphotography, cut sections with the microtome. |