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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
PAGE
1
NOMENCLATURE
6
2
SETTING UP THE INSTRUMENT
10
3
ASSEMBLING THE MICROSCOPE
10
3.1
Input Voltage............................................................................. 11
3.2
Lamp and Lamp Cover House (Replacing the Lamp) ....................... 11
3.3
Halogen Lamp ............................................................................ 11
3.4
Specimen Clip ............................................................................ 11
3.5
Attachable Mechanical Stage (Optional) ........................................ 11
3.6
Objectives ................................................................................. 11
3.7
Condenser ................................................................................. 12
3.8
Intermediate Tube ...................................................................... 12
3.9
Analyser Slider........................................................................... 12
3.10
Compensators............................................................................ 12
3.11
Eyepiece Tube ........................................................................... 12
3.12
Eyepieces .................................................................................. 13
3.13
Filters ....................................................................................... 13
3.14
Power Cord................................................................................ 13
4
MICROSCOPY
14
Manipulation of each Component
4.1.
Coarse and Fine Focusing ............................................................ 14
I.
Coarse Focus Torque Adjustment ....................................... 14
II.
Coarse Focus Height Stopper ............................................. 14
4.2.
Binocular Tube ........................................................................... 15
I.
Diopter Adjustment .......................................................... 15
II.
Interpupillary Distance Adjustment ..................................... 15
4.3
Condenser ................................................................................. 16
I.
Focusing And Centering .................................................... 16
II.
Condenser Swing-Out Top Lens.......................................... 16
III.
Condenser Aperture Diaphragm ......................................... 16
4.4.
Field Diaphragm ......................................................................... 17
4.5.
Orientation of Polarizer and Analyzer ............................................ 17
4.6.
Focusing and Centering the Bertrand Lens ..................................... 18
4.7.
Compensators............................................................................ 19
I.
1/4λ-Plate (E.G. Mica) ...................................................... 19
II.
Λ-Plate (E.G. Gypsum) ...................................................... 19
III.
Quartz Wedge (0-4λ) ........................................................ 19
4.8.
Centering the Objectives ............................................................. 21
