(historical) An apparatus for projecting upon a screen, by means of sunlight, an enlarged view of any object; essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the magic lantern, taken in conjunction with a heliostat.

plural of solar microscope

plural of optical microscope

plural of simple microscope

plural of compound microscope

A thin, rectangular piece of glass used to hold samples to be studied under a microscope

A microscope that uses fluorescence to form an image

plural of electron microscope

plural of epifluorescence microscope

An optical microscope designed to study properties of organic or inorganic substances using the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence instead of transmitted light.