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Electron Microscope

Two men work with an electron microscope
Description: Painting, Oil on Canvas; by Carlos Andreson; 1943; Framed Dimensions 38H X 32W
Accession #: 88-159-Q as a Gift of Abbott Laboratories
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These Navy research men are viewing deadly types of viruses magnified more than 30,000 times. Some organisms may be seen in their structural forms, a feat impossible before the development of the electron microscope.

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  • World War II 1939-1945
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