microscope light source question! help! its for my bio lab!?

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microscope light source question! help! its for my bio lab!?

if a microscope didn't have a light source, what is a way to capture light so that the specimen could be seen easily?

2007-02-10 10:13:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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many microscopes come with a concave mirror stratigically located under the specimen. This is used to capture and focus sunlight or other artificial light from a nearby source.

2007-02-10 10:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by jpturboprop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A mirror because you could reflect sunlight up underneath the specimen on the platfom.

2007-02-10 10:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by moonfreak♦ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋