Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-05-12
HOMEMADE MICROSCOPE!
How to Monufactufefa Magnifyihg Glass
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How to Mappf4etqre = Miaqgnifyihg Glass
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10 MAKE amlcroScope,ior a nlckel
GU less IS aoeomparatlvely easy task
and an interesting one The first
step is to buy some little hollow
glass balls with stems othem :, thgy
are used Ill the manufacture of ,artig-
fetal flowers As thew are sold f6r
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pofaty llS'lqlS toFl tno ~ 10 lio slop 9ul
py ouIIlng a~s4lt tilropSh tn L'SE mldd lIs
Of ast1at Sic ABOUT as thlekF as "a e
match an0to1I1rs tunes as brrooa 0d, lnT
sert1ng the1stems OF the little globe
IN the Istl5!iGp &'G5ll
AZ candle ana a cup OF perfectly
clean' po1tefq Wa1tersare next needed,.
Hold the globe stem ten e upward, about
three In tf1 aboEe the ca cans until
II IS very warm FL: Ene2n plunge l If own
Ward INTO the cup OF water ,' ana ana hotd
1t there Tor a rev seconds OF until 1t
IS n11 t9tL with n wafer wipe the outside
perfectly ury ana no1o the. me globee
again over the cand1e until tne water
oo1Is: .-<rG .,[,r... ~ sc s....I. -.
lou ~ lnusI now plunse - once more
INTO the cold, wafer When'i II the
water IS 2 p2o2llllNng' the dlttle apparatus
becomes completely htled as 1tcools.
any air iemal am IN the g1ope, re-
peat the polnng ana plun9lng into
WAFER r:a Ih aen5 at once MI up the end
WIEN oees"aAl anu 4Couch Win seal
ang. WAX 10 MAKE u wafer Clght :..
Inc incorporation 10 III hold
PR 10 the lens, Ior stsoh 1t1s now that
" IS hlled WIN water
y lake fouhd, smooth. cofK-one
from a VICE bottle cut OH from the
pest emo a piece Urine larger than
the alametefio1 the llttle. lens q The
two HAT faces OF the cork should be
quite parallel, otherwise the image
formed bythe lens Will be lndlstlnctl
Next bore ahole through the center:
OF the cork cy Under, to make 1T into
tube The best way to do this IS
to commence the hole with redhot
Wire and then enlarge it with a tiny
penkn1fe. 9ni8q bla af23 rg2T& e...-. al
Having made atheocork cylinder
to your. liking, enlarge the hole at
one end and cutasl IN the HAT poF-.
ton to admit, the stem OF the lens,
SO that the surface OF the, glober1s
almost, but not quite, level with the
other t1atisurtace OF the cork. 4.|
The lens must first be blackened
so as to destroy the false light, +
which would have the effect of blur
ring the image. This is done by
painting the lens and its stem. with
the exception OF two circles, which
must be exactly opposite each other, J,
with a mixture OF India ink, water,
gum arabic and sugar. u When dry, 4
insert the lens IN It's place and tx 1t
IN Its position by slight touch OF
gum here and there, .,s. .ss-.2s OH
A neat slip OF cork should be gum
med into the>sllt formed for the In
serflon 1.-THE STEM Now the lens
holder must be lifted with .dla-
phragms. Cut from thin card
board two circles the size Of the ends
OF thelens holder and cut from their
centers holes about, the size Of a.pea.
Paint them black and glue them on
each end Of the lens holder: ~ " '.~
A paper tube and glass slides, for
use in examining the objects to be
magnitied, are made by twisting pa
per into a tube, which is glued to
the lens holder About an eighth of
an inch from one end Of the tube
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