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Why do we call the microscope a compound light microscope

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Types of light microscope

1. Compound , and 2. Stereo Microscope

Compound microscope has two lens system also called compound lens system. The objective lens and the eyepiece lens. The magnification provided by the objective lens is compounded by the eyepiece lens, the a higher magnification is observed.

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