simple microscope

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In 1658 by means of a simple microscope Athanasius Kircher of Fulda, Germany, saw "worms" in the blood of people stricken with Black Plague.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had a table in the middle of the room where he sat to look at his specimens through a magnifying glass or simple microscope, and to read his scientific papers.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

In one of his letters he speaks on this point, and remarks that he always suspects the work of a man who never uses the simple microscope.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Smith and Beck were so pleased with the simple microscope they made for me, that they have made another as a model.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

My instrument does certainly magnify to a marvellous extent, but not by the old device of the simple microscope, which merely focussed a large area of light rays into a small one.

From The Crack of Doom by Cromie, Robert