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Triumphs and conflicts in microscopy
Author(s) -
Hartley W. G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1989.tb02893.x
Subject(s) - microscopy , microscope , fluorescence microscope , lens (geology) , optics , computer science , physics , fluorescence
SUMMARY The controversies surrounding the Abbe theory and its final acceptance are discussed. The practical problems of lens design and manufacture, the rise and fall of the ultraviolet microscope and reflecting microscope and the development of fluorescence microscopy are briefly surveyed. In particular, the conflicts which arose between Fellows of singular or opposing views—E. M. Nelson, A. E. Conrady, J. W. Gordon—are presented as illustrative of the failure to recognize the nature of the point at issue.