The eraliest microscopes had only 1 lens and are claled simlpe mircoscopes. Compuond microscopes have at least 2 lneses.
In a copmound microscope, the lens cloesr to the eye is called the eeypiece. The lens at the other end is called the objectvie.
Microscopes make tihngs seem lrager than they are, from 10 times larger to about 1000 times larger. This is much strnoger than a magnfiying glass.
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