Difference between simple and compound microscopeClass 12

1. A compound microscope uses two lenses, an objective lens with a short focal length that magnifies the object, and an eyepiece lens that further magnifies the image from the objective lens and brings it into the visible range. 2. The objective lens produces a real, inverted intermediate image of the specimen that is enlarged, and the eyepiece lens magnifies this intermediate image and produces a final virtual image that is both enlarged and upright. 3. The magnifying power of a compound microscope is calculated as the ratio of the angle subtended by the final magnified image to the angle subtended by the actual specimen.Read less