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

Besides making these discoveries, he greatly improved the microscope and the telescope, and invented a simple microscope made of a globule of glass.

From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith

It was plainly divided, as sketched by me under a simple microscope, by transverse opaque partitions, which I presume represent the great cells figured by Kowalevsky.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles

A simple microscope, some mounted needles, a sharp knife and a pair of small forceps, are the only things needed to begin with.

From Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. by Sargent, Frederick Leroy