Stage

This serves as a support to the thin section (1) which is to be studied. It is equipped with a carriage to hold the sheets and frequently has some screws (2) to move them gradually.

By means of the focus rings, the stage can be raised and lowered to find the focus (in old microscopes the stage remains fixed, with the objectives moving).

It is graduated and on the outside it has a fixed goniometer (3) which allows the value of the angles turned to be measured accurately.

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