What is the difference between the working principles of a compound microscope and a simple microscope?
What is the difference between the working principles of a compound microscope and a simple microscope?
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Simple microscope: When the object is placed within the focal length, the simple microscope works on the principle of producing an erect, virtual and magnified image. To magnify small objects, the simple microscope uses a single convex lens.
Compound microscope: It uses two lenses including an eyepiece and objective. The objective lens creates a real, magnified, and inverted image which acts as the object for the eyepiece, which in turn magnifies it further.
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