Mr. Carpenter's lucernal microscopes are now arranged in a kind of temple, placed in the middle of a room, and illuminated by the light of one powerful Argand lamp, so as to be independent of all natural light; thus, in all seasons, even in cloudy weather, the objects are as brilliantly displayed as they could be last year when the sun shone. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 385, August 15, 1829] Reference
Unlike solar microscopes, the lucernal microscope depended upon an oil lamp for illumination rather than the sun. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Development of the lucernal projection microscope in the late eighteenth century followed a long progression of solar microscopes. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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