3 Ways To Focus A Microscope
The stage is the flat, plate-like surface on the microscope. It holds the slides that you will be observing. The nosepiece is the rotating portion of the microscope above the stage. It will have three or four objective lenses attached to it. The objective lenses are the magnifiers that are attached to the nosepiece. They will be labeled with their magnification level, which is typically 4X, 10X, 40X, and 100X. They will also be color coded for your convenience....