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Definition of Abbe condenser
1. Noun. A condenser having 2 or 3 lenses with wide aperture for use in microscopes.
Definition of Abbe condenser
1. Noun. An adjustable substage lens used as a condenser for an compound microscope.(reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Gove, Philip Babcock others = title = Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged origdate = origyear = 1909 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = date = year =1976 month = publisher =G. & C. Merriam Co. location = Springfield, MA language = id = doi = isbn =0-87779-101-5 lccn = ol = pages = chapter = chapterurl = quote =) ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbe Condenser
Literary usage of Abbe condenser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Microscopy: Being a Handbook to the Microscope by Almroth Wright (1906)
"These English workers have hotly contended that the more expensive achromatic
condenser possesses many advantages over the Abbe condenser. ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"This angle will increase the distance d to 0'47 inch, and the diameter of the
front aperture of the Abbe condenser must be at least 0'94 or {£ inch. ..."
3. The Microscope: An Introduction to Microscopic Methods and to Histology by Simon Henry Gage (1903)
"Mirror and Light for the Abbe condenser.—It is best to use light with ...
Abbe condenser, Axial and Oblique Light.—Use a diaphragm a little larger than the ..."
4. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"In examining a stained blood or bacterial preparation, the Abbe condenser should
be properly focused so as to best illuminate the stained film. ..."