electron microscope
"The electron microscope is like the monkey wrench on the garage wall: What you do with it is the important thing."
"The electron microscope is like an upside-down light microscope. The
radiation enters at top and the specimen is viewed at the bottom. The
principle is the same as in a light microscope in that a beam of radiation
is focused by condenser lenses through the specimen, and then the
image is magnified by further lenses."
"The electron microscope is like the light microscope; however, the "lens" is an electric coil generating an electromagnetic field."
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