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
They adhere in a curious manner by making little disks, like the Ampelopsis…By the way, I will enclose some specimens, and if you think it worth while, you can put them under the simple microscope.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
It was, as sketched by me under a simple microscope, plainly divided by transverse opaque partitions, which I presume represent the great cells figured by Kovalevsky.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
In the White Lily the stomata are so remarkably large that they may be seen by a simple microscope of moderate power, and may be discerned even by a good hand lens.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
