Ocular
AnswerOcular Lens is another name for the eyepiece of a compound microscope.
It's called an "OCULAR" according to a microscope supplier site.
The eyepiece of a microscope is the top part of the microscope in which you look through to see your magnified object. There is no other name for the eyepiece The eyepiece holds the ocular lens. If there are two eyepieces (one for each eye) they are called biocular lenses.
Objects do not get new names because you are looking at them through a microscope; if you put a hair under a microscope, then it is still a hair when you look at it. Microscopes are often used to look at cells, bacteria, pollen, minerals, etc. You can look at lots of things. The names do not change. Cells are still cells, when examined under a microscope.
The word "lens" comes from the Latin word "lentil," which is a legume that has a similar shape to a double-convex lens. This resemblance led to the term "lens" being used to describe the optic device.
The low power objective lens on a microscope is also known as the scanning lens.
What was the name of the first microscope?
the name
eyepiece
A lower power lens tells its name in the name. It is a lens in a microscope that has the lowest power, or only magnifies the object you are looking at a little.
The first microscope was called the "single lens microscope" and was invented by Zacharias Janssen in the late 16th century.
the curved glass looked like a lentil