The microscope has a maximum magnification of about 150,000X.
-Dave McGuire
On April 13, Robert wrote:
> What is the magnification?
>
> Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > On April 13, Peter Joules wrote:
> > > > http://www.neurotica.com/sem/images if you're interested. The blown
> > > > tungsten lamp filament pics are filament-1.jpg and filament-2.jpg.
> > >
> > > That's amazing. I take it that the crystals had grown on the filament
> > > during the life of the bulb had they? Does anyone know the mechanisn for
> > > this?
> >
> > It is my understanding that those crystals grew during the
> > "flameout" of the filament.
> >
> > I spent a solid six hours one night going over that filament. I
> > wish Polaroid 550PN film wasn't so damn expensive. I need to build a
> > digital imager for my microscope.
> >
> > -Dave McGuire
Received on Fri Apr 13 2001 - 16:18:48 BST