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XII.–‐The Mode Of Formation Of The Image In The Microscope
Author(s) -
Rheinberg Julius
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
journal of the royal microscopical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0368-3974
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1929.tb00777.x
Subject(s) - microscope , optics , limiting , physics , image (mathematics) , mode (computer interface) , luminosity , computer science , computer vision , astrophysics , engineering , galaxy , mechanical engineering , operating system
. It is shown that, as regards the formation of the image by the microscope, the Abbe theory and the Airy theory and its variants do not in any way conflict. The Abbe theory, by reason of the way it originated, deals in the first place with objects so illuminated as to lack self‐luminosity to the maximum extent. The Airy theory deals with completely self‐luminous objects. These are the two limiting cases. A gradual but strictly limited approach towards self‐luminosity is presented by the structural elements of objects according to the way they may be illuminated. It is indicated how all cases can be, and are, indeed, most conveniently dealt with by the Abbe theory.