Homeschool Compound Microscope

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Home Microscope

The Home Microscope is an excellent value! With it, you'll get the same features and quality as other good classroom microscopes, but at a very affordable price. It has the magnification levels needed to see intricate cell details and the optical quality to see them clearly, giving your students the most benefit from their microscope labs in high school biology. This microscope is easy for all ages to use. It has standard magnification levels of 40, 100, and 400x and features a 360° rotating head, precision fine and coarse focusing, and cool and bright fluorescent lighting. Home Science Tools model, five-year warranty. You save $55!

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Product Specifications

Monocular 45° inclined head with 360° rotation for convenient viewing
10x wide-field inclined eyepiece with 18mm exit pupil distance
4x (0.10 NA), 10x (0.25 NA), and 40xR (0.65 NA) objectives meet DIN standards and are achromatic, parcentered and parfocaled to prevent color distortion and keep the slide in coarse focus as you switch to higher or lower power
40x objective is retractable
Separate fine and coarse focusing with a slip clutch to prevent damage to slides or optics
Sturdy all-metal rack-and-pinion focusing
Large 110 x 120mm stage with clips and stage stop; pre-drilled for a mechanical stage to make viewing easier
NA 0.65 condenser with five-hole disc diaphragm to adjust light levels for optimum resolution
5-watt cool, bright fluorescent illumination
Field of view is 4.5mm at 40x
Rugged aluminum frame, stands 15" tall
Includes operating instructions, a dust cover, and a spare light bulb
A replacement light bulb is available
Also available with an iris diaphragm and 1000x magnification

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We work directly with select factories in China to have our Home microscopes manufactured to our specifications and quality standards. Over a 10-year period, we evaluated dozens of microscopes looking for the right ones for our customers. After being disappointed again and again with the quality and/or cost, we committed in 2004 to develop our own line of microscopes. Our high standards for mechanical reliability, optical quality, and overall quality control were developed with students and families in mind. While it is possible to find cheaper microscopes, we are confident that you won't find a better-quality one for your money.