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What is the function of the Revolving nosepiece?

A. Holds the slide in place.
B. You look through to see the specimen.
C. Holds the high and low power objectives, can be rotated to change magnification.

Asked by Wyatt Williams, Last updated: Apr 14, 2024

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Carice Snow

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Answered Nov 11, 2018

Microscopes are often used by scientists or science students in order to make small things bigger. Usually these small things can either can’t be seen by the naked eye or they are too small to see the details by the naked eye. Therefore, there is a part on the microscope that is called the revolving nosepiece. This part looks like a dial that can be twisted and turned. The revolving nosepiece holds several different lenses.

Each lens has a different level. That means that each lens can magnify and has different strengths. It may seem that the strongest magnification lens would work for anything, but it could be that the strongest lens makes it look blurry. This dial also holds the high and lower power objectives.

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J. Emmerich

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Answered Jul 30, 2018

The revolving nosepiece is one of the parts of a microscope. It is responsible for holding the objective lenses. They can be used in order to change the magnification of the microscope well. There are about 3-4 objective lenses that can be found in the microscope depending on the type of microscope being used.

Those that are being used professionally can provide up to 100x magnification. Those that are used by students can usually offer up to 10x magnification. The nosepiece is supposed to revolve well otherwise, interchanging the various magnifications will be hard to do. The microscope is responsible for the magnification of small objects so that they can become more visible.

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Wyatt Williams

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Answered Mar 30, 2018

Holds the high and low power objectives, can be rotated to change magnification
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