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E X PE R I M E NT M A N UA L
TKx400i DUAL-LED
TKx400i DUAL-LED
MICROSCOPE
MICROSCOPE
Instructions
for using the
microscope and
the accessories
included in
the kit
Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Pfizerstr. 5-7, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany | +49 (0) 711 2191-0 | www.kosmos.de
Thames & Kosmos, 301 Friendship St., Providence, RI, 02903, USA | 1-800-587-2872 | www.thamesandkosmos.com
Thames & Kosmos UK Ltd, Goudhurst, Kent, TN17 2QZ , United Kingdom | 01580 212000 | www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk
Quickstart Guide:
Descriptions of
the permanent
slide preparations
and tips for initial
investigations
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- Page 1 E X PE R I M E NT M A N UA L TKx400i DUAL-LED TKx400i DUAL-LED MICROSCOPE MICROSCOPE Instructions for using the microscope and the accessories included in the kit Quickstart Guide: Descriptions of the permanent slide preparations and tips for initial investigations Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH &...
- Page 2 Safety Information Dear Parents, WARNING! This kit contains functional sharp edges or points. Do not injure yourself! Caution is required when handling the sharp dissecting needle, when cutting objects with the cutting tool or other blades, and when With this experiment kit, your handling the fragile cover slips made of glass.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Your New Microscope Check It Out Page 10 Page 5 How your microscope is Lenses constructed and what the parts are called Macroscopic Examination with Reflected Light Page 11 A First Look Pages 6 and 7 How to focus a microscope Check It Out Page 15... - Page 4 EQUIPMENT What’s inside your experiment kit: Checklist: Find – Inspect – Check off N0. Description Quantity Order no. You will also need: Microscope 717 161 Eyepiece 718 090 717 834 Three AA batteries with specimen slides (1.5 Volt/LR6). In and permanent mounts addition, you will Wool 718 086...
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Page 5: Your New Microscope
How your microscope is constructed and what the parts are called Your New Eyepiece: This is where you look into your microscope. Microscope The eyepiece has a ten-fold (10x) magnification and Here is an overview explaining comes separately the components of your in the box. -
Page 6: A First Look
A First Look HERE’S HOW Here’s what you have to do to study an object under the 1. Push the slide under the clamps on microscope. the stage. Turn on the illumination unit for transmitted light at a YOU WILL NEED medium brightness setting by turning the light adjustment knob. - Page 7 How to adjust a microscope 3. Some structures will be easier to recognize if you use a color filter or a different diaphragm opening. Simply turn the filter wheel and see how the image changes. You will get a greater magnification if you turn the revolving nosepiece in a counterclockwise direction until it clicks into place again in a...
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Page 8: The Permanent Mounts
The Permanent Mounts In your microscope kit, in addition to this manual, you will find a book titled “Microscopy” by Annerose Bommer. It describes all sorts of things that you can study under your microscope and explains how you can prepare your own microscope specimens. - Page 9 All the things you can discover with the permanent mount YOU WILL NEED + Microscope with batteries + Frog’s blood permanent mount HERE’S HOW 1. Place the permanent mount under the microscope and adjust the focus as described on pages 6 and 7. Use the transmitted light unit on the base and begin with the lowest magnification power.
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Page 10: Check It Out
CHECK IT OUT Lenses Drops of water and curved pieces of glass have something in common: They magnify objects when you look through them. Curved pieces of glass are also known as lenses. Since the 19th century, when Ernst Abbe began improving the magnification power of lenses, not just by trial and error, but also through mathematical calculations, microscopes have... -
Page 11: Macroscopic Examination With Reflected Light
Macroscopic examination with reflected light The “Macro” Function of your Microscope Up to now, you have familiarized yourself with the “normal” use of a microscope. Normally, you will study specimens on a glass slide that are so thin (or sliced so thinly) that light can shine through them from below. - Page 12 The Equipment This section presents the items that you will find in your experiment kit and explains how to use them. These items constitute the basic 1. Without slides and cover slips, of equipment for all your course, you can’t do much microscopic investigations.
- Page 13 How to use the accessories in the experiment kit 3. Your microscope makes it possible to see large images of tiny things. There are lots of objects that can be placed directly in a drop of water on the slide, covered with a cover slip, and then viewed under the microscope: strands of hair, material fibers, insect wings,...
- Page 14 How to use the accessories in the experiment kit 5. In principle, you can take your microscope with you wherever you go. But to protect its sensitive optics and mechanics, it is best to use it on a table inside. The most interesting objects to investigate, though, will usually be found outside in nature.
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Page 15: Check It Out
Measurements under the Microscope CHECK IT OUT Measurements The classic method for “saving” awesome observations under the under the microscope is to draw what you see. You will find examples of good drawings in the colored microscopy Microscope book. In addition to an identifying description, a scientific drawing will always have a scale. - Page 16 1st edition 2016 © 2016 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart This work, including all its parts, is copyright protected. Any use outside the specific limits of the copyright law without the consent of the publisher is prohibited and punishable by law. This applies specifically to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in electronic systems and networks.