microscopes

We had what we called microscopes and ultramicroscopes, and we put them to our eyes and looked through them, so that we saw things larger than they really were, and many things we could not see without the microscopes at all.

The Scarlet Plague Jack London 1896

Dr. ---- told me the other day that he had been trying experiments in microscopes with all his might and main in the hope of seeing that which is invisible, and he says he took a number of strong magnifying-glasses and placed them duly, and the consequence was that the object to be scrutinised was diminished to an infinitesimal amount, and turned upside down.

Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892

We are so prone to think that if only our microscopes were a little stronger, if only we could devise more effective methods of staining or of chemical analysis or chemical synthesis, we might really find out what life is, or what matter itself is; in short, that we might be able to solve in a scientific way the old, old riddle of existence.

Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation George McCready Price

'They are the men.' sighed the Owl, 'who go about with microscopes, that is, instruments for looking into things as they are not meant to be looked at and seeing them as they were never intended to be seen.

'That Very Mab' Andrew Lang 1878

Physicists, biologists, and chemists recognize the existence of dimensions of reality that are not accessible to our senses, but only those that are physical in nature and can be revealed and explored with the use of various extensions of our senses, such as microscopes or telescopes, specially designed recording devices, and laboratory experiments.

Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D.: Science and Spirituality: Observations from Modern Consciousness Research Stanislav Grof 2010

His task was to compare the different kind of microscopes used in Cambridge and Vienna for counting scintillations.

Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007

Other interventions include training and supervision of health workers to ensure that they carry out their tasks correctly and provision of equipment and supplies, such as microscopes, drugs, and bed nets, to allow the health workers and the communities to carry out the interventions.

Malaria 2008

Nikon also makes imaging products including cameras, instruments such as microscopes and other products such as binoculars and surveying instruments.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

Other interventions include training and supervision of health workers to ensure that they carry out their tasks correctly and provision of equipment and supplies, such as microscopes, drugs, and bed nets, to allow the health workers and the communities to carry out the interventions.

Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

Businesses can offer teachers resources and outreach activities such as microscopes and guest speakers, while teachers can ask for resources for their classes. getSTEM's "just ask, just offer" model has helped make more than 200 connections impacting some10,000 students in its first year and a half of existence. getSTEM's success in Minnesota has led to an agreement that will establish getSTEM Arizona later this year.

Finance and Commerce 2010