Micrograph

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A micrograph of a hard disk head. The size of the front face (which is the "trailing face" of the slider) is about 0.3 mm × 1.0 mm. The (not visible) bottom face of the slider is about 1.0 mm × 1.25 mm (so-called "nano" size) and faces the hard disk platter.

A micrograph, microphotograph or photomicrograph is a photograph or similar image taken through a microscope or similar device to show a magnified image of an item. The Canadian inventor Reginald Aubrey Fessenden is credited with inventing microphotography.

To produce a micrograph, a camera may be affixed to a microscope either in place of the eyepiece or a specialist microscope may be used which has a camera and eyepiece arrangement. A prepared specimen is put under the microscope in the usual way and photographs taken. Alternatively, the image may be scanned and stored electronically and displayed on a screen and/or printed.

[edit] Types of micrographs

An electron micrograph is a micrograph prepared using an electron microscope.
A light micrograph is a micrograph prepared using a light microscope.

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Make a Micrograph -- This interactive Flash presentation shows how researchers create a three-color micrograph. From the research department of Children's Hospital Boston.