ultraviolet microscope

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A microscope having a quartz and fluorite optical system that allows the transmission of light waves shorter than those of the visible spectrum.

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Were you being extra picky in the wake of Twilight because you knew you were under the microscope?
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This ultraviolet camera shows people what the sun is really doing to their skin.
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There was the aforementioned man in a lab coat sitting at a microscope.
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All of these instruments orbit Earth, beyond the atmosphere that blocks X-rays and most ultraviolet light.
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One important note: only certain mushrooms provide this benefit, thanks to being grown under ultraviolet light.
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Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The microscope commonly shows sarcin, bacteria, and great numbers of yeast-cells.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This is placed upon the stage of the microscope, and one of the projecting ends is heated with a small flame.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.