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Magiscope!

October 11, 2010 by Lauren 8 Comments

At the auction on Saturday they had several kinds of microscope, and I mentioned in passing to Lloyd that I wouldn’t mind having one for my home laboratory use classroom. I needed one with very few bells and whistles, and that would be pretty much indestructible. I pointed out a whole table chock full of microscopes that looked like they were as sturdy as horseshoes for a plow team. “Some of those, if they go cheap.”

Turns out I had him bid on the Brock Magiscope, an practically indestructible classroom microscope. This thing is amazing! It has a Lumarod – a bent acrylic tube that funnels light. No need for bulbs, batteries or plug-in power – just light! It’s built like a tank, and has only one moving part – the eyepiece goes up and down, that’s it. Plus, the lens is safely shrouded by a collar on the bottom so it’s practically impossible to break.

Very clever, Mr. Brock.

I was writing this post and decided to link to their website, and I found out these things sell for over a hundred dollars new! (It’s worth reading the story of the inventor, if you have time.) I’m so happy we bought three – one for the school agers, one for the preschoolers….. and yes, one for home.

Preschoolers, we are gonna have some fun.

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  1. Brad says

    October 12, 2010 at 3:32 am

    Cool! I wonder what other scientific instruments could be made indestructible? Wouldn’t it be awesome if your kids could play with a super-durable MRI machine?

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    • Lloyd says

      October 12, 2010 at 5:37 am

      It wouldn’t work, the metal bands that we use for tracking purposes would become super heated, and we’d lose the data that they contain.

      Reply
  2. Peggy says

    October 12, 2010 at 8:41 am

    That thing looks cool…it looks old-timey, yet it isn’t. And great story on the inventor…I love stories like that!

    Why did the germ cross the magiscope?

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    • Curt says

      October 12, 2010 at 9:57 am

      Because he thought he was playing with a super-durable MRI machine.

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    • Brad says

      October 12, 2010 at 12:39 pm

      It was stapled to the amoeba?

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    • Peggy says

      October 12, 2010 at 1:49 pm

      Good answers, but no:

      Why did the germ cross the magiscope?

      To get to the other slide! HA!

      Reply
  3. Beth says

    October 12, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    How did the hairs look in the magiscope?

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    • Lauren says

      October 12, 2010 at 8:11 pm

      Good! I tried to take a photo but I couldn’t line up the lenses, then I got mad. I have so little patience….

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