Doug Owsley uses the most powerful microscope in the world, the Scanning Electron Microscope, to magnify 300 year old teeth in this video clip from Save Our History: Written In Bone. The teeth would give him insight into her lifestyle. This microscope magnifies up to 200,000 times by complicated transmission of electrons.

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Written in Bone: Scanning Electron Microscope Demo

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