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What does the coarse adjustment knob do on a microscope?

What does the coarse adjustment knob do on a microscope?
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What does the coarse adjustment knob do on a microscope?

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The coarse adjustment knob should only be used with the lowest power objective lens. Once it is in focus, you will only need to use the fine focus. Using the coarse focus with higher lenses may result in crashing the lens into the slide.
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