These instruments could slice (section) pieces of biological materials as thin as 500 angstroms (angstroms = 10-10 meters). 1  1983 - Scanning laser confocal microscope is commercially available. 2  1982 - Scanning Probe Microscope is invented and works by measuring current. 3  1986 - Atomic Force Microscope is invented and measures force instead of 4  ... 198
Tala is Moana's grandmother and the mother of Motunui's village leader Tui. Like her granddaughter, she has a love for sea exploration, having come from an ancestry of South Pacific navigators. Unlike the other villagers, Tala has not forgotten her roots (or chose to ignore them, as in Tui's case).
In The Marvelous Land of Oz, it is suggested and hinted that it might have been the Wizard who overthrew Pastoria and handed over the baby princess to the old witch Mombi in order to take the throne for himself.