Ancient Microscope
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This is the layout of the Palace in the Forbidden City, Beijing.
You can see the layout on a big sign as you enter the Forbidden City.
I noticed that the layout can be interpreted as the schematic diagram of a modern electron microscope, with field emission gun, two condensor lenses, objective lens, two projection lenses, and a digital camera.
The resemblance is spooky!
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microscope – essential & invisible value in all eyes
It is amazing to know that China has an ancient microscope in the Forbidden City Palace. I never expect that! Thank you for the introduction, Prof. Frank.