Curley + Associates (GMCA), and OMSI, this unique and interactive experience showcases areas of forensic science that enabled Sherlock Holmes to solve crimes, as well as the historic underpinnings of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's rich and vibrant stories.
Many substances absorb light. However some of them, after absorbing light of a particular wavelength and energy, emit light of a longer wavelength and lesser energy. Such substances are called âfluorescent substancesâ. Application of this phenomenon is the basis of fluorescence microscope.
At this time, Dutch spectacle makers were experimenting with multiple lenses. Telescopes were invented in this way. By reversing a telescope the microscope was discovered! Credit for the first microscope is usually given to Zacharias Jansen in Middleburg, Holland around 1595. The Jansen microscope was composed of 3 sliding tubes, measuring 18 inches long when fully extended and 2 inches in diameter.