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This chapter elucidates the general introduction of light, perception of colour, mechanism of image formation in the eye, basic principles of light microscope and components of light microscope along with guidelines of handling of the microscope. The spherical lens of the microscope may have several optical faults or aberrations. Image distortion occurs due to these various optical aberrations. The common aberrations include chromatic aberration, spherical aberration, astigmatism and curvature of field. This chapter highlights the causes of these aberrations and their solutions. In addition various other microscopes have also been discussed in this chapter.
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Dey, P. (2018). Compound Light Microscope and Other Different Microscopes. In: Basic and Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Histopathology and Cytology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8252-8_24
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