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66,436. The electron microscope is an instrument capable of enlarging or magnifying of the order of 100,000x. From such minute studies it is possible to make models ... of cells with the outer skin removed. (Cells & Microscope) What is Life? BBC 1959
79,342. Robert Hooke had taken the basic principle of the telescope and used it to build a microscope. (Light & Microscope) Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Light and Dark, BBC 2013
79,118. The microscope: one of the first to use had been Robert Hooke in the seventeenth century. His book Micrographia contains illustrations of a hidden. The microscope had revealed the hidden structure of plants, snowflakes and natural fibres. Insect body parts on a scale no-one had thought possible. Michael Mosley, The Story of Science: Power, Proof & Passion, BBC 2010
79,180. The difficulty of securing the microscope and its value as an aid to the practice of medicine gave it unusual value in our eyes, and perhaps for that reason Charles and I, even as children, became expert in its use. Dr W W Mayo, 1930
79,181. Why has not man a microscopic eye?
For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Say what the use, were finer optics giv’n,
T’ inspect a mite, not comprehend the heav’n? Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man: Epistle I
75,439. The microscope with its accessories is by far the least understood, the most inefficiently operated, and the most abused of all laboratory instruments. Charles Shillaber
81,055. Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen to see;
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency. (Microscrope & Faith & Epigrams) Emily Dickinson, Faith is a Fine Invention
81,056. Can the human soul be glimpsed through a microscope? Maybe, but you’d definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces. Woody Allen, cited B A Palevitz
81,057. The gifts of microscopes to our understanding of cells and organisms is so profound that one has to ask: What are the gifts of the microscopist? Here is my opinion. The gift of the great microscopist is the ability to think with the eyes and see with the brain. Deep revelations into the nature of living things continue to travel on beams of light. Daniel Mazia, cell biologist
81,058. Twas the night before Christmas
And deep in the lab
Something came crawling
From under a slab
it crawled to the agar
To take a peek
At all the bacteria
Lying asleep
it slithered through the jelly
(as icky things do)
Depositing slime
And gobbets of goo
Moving on to the ‘scope’
With a single aim
To spell out a message
Addressed to Elaine
Dear Human, it wrote
With some ink from a gland
Forgot your card,
Please understand
Having studied your kind
And obtained my degree
On a theses titled
‘Humans and their relations with me’
I find that you pry
Into all that we do
Without recognising
We need privacy too!
You took photos
of each of my chums
All of my aunties
And
Each of my sons
You sold these photos to some TV show
Keeping the money
Isn’t that so?
If you use our photos, to give others a fright
You really don’t know us
For it is simply not right!
Now that we’ve informed you
Please make amends
Or we’ll consult our lawyers
Messrs S Bends
Well put an end to your scary sights
By wearing bright colours
And thick woolly tights
Viruses and bacteria
Will aim to be cute
And all of your ventures
Will go down the chute
But heck, as it’s Christmas
We’ll give you a break
Here is one scary picture
And it isn’t a fake!
Out of pouch, it took with a sigh,
Its favourite photo
Of Elaine’s right eye! (Microscope & Microbe & Photograph) Iain Probert, A Christmas Ode for the Scientifically Minded, to sister Elaine Humphrey after her photos used on TV show X-Files 1997
81,059. It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. Arthur Schopenhauer
92,829. SARS – the ride in the Metropol hotel’s elevator will launch a worldwide epidemic, one that randomly strikes its victims ... Viruses have been killing humans ever since the existence of mankind, even though we’ve only been able to see them since the creation of the electron microscope, a device that makes the invisible visible ... In the 20th century alone, more people died from viral infections than from all the wars around the globe. (Virus & Microscope & Epidemic) The Virus Empire: Silent Killers, 2008