ultraviolet microscope

optics
Also known as: UV microscope

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    In microscope: Ultraviolet microscopes

    Ultraviolet (UV) microscopy was developed in the early 20th century by the German scientists August Köhler and Moritz von Rohr. Because of the shorter wavelength of UV light, higher resolution was possible, but the opacity of conventional glass lenses to these wavelengths necessitated…

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