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Hi Mike
I rember my first introduction to a microscope when I was about 9 or 10 (nearly 70 years ago). My Grandfather had his out and was examining some slides. I can remember looking at blood, the proboscus of a bee, Human hair etc. I thought "Gee I wish I had one of those" It was a standard microscope with three object lenses on a turret, The shortest focal length lens needed to be immersed in oil so we did not use that. He used a hurricane lamp to provide illumination as he said it gave a much softer light than the desk lamp.
From my own experience I would recomend one of these type which can be obtained for about $120. Do not get the cheap department store plastic type they are pretty poor performers when compared to one with reasonable optics.
York Optical used to have a good range of microscopes starting at around $120
Barry
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