- The History of Light Microscopy
A concise history of the beginning of the light microscope starting as early as 720 BC up to the microscopes
of the 19th century; written by T.E.Jones
- Online historical microscopes
Images and descriptions of over 40 microscopes, ranging from the 1760s through the 1920s
- The Virtual Microscope
The Virtual Microscope is a development project at The Open University between the Multimedia
Enabling Technologies Group and the Department of Earth Sciences. The provision of virtual instrumentation,
the effective emulation of expensive equipent or difficult scientific procedures is a domain where
significant cost savings and real educational worth can be demonstrated for multimedia.
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