Microscope diagram. (Image 14)

"Forensic science is an exciting field using forensic comparison microscope equipment for applications such as CSI (crime scene investigation), ballistics, forensic document examination, fire investigation, auto theft investigation, arson investigation and forensic entomology (for decomposing bodies)....Forensic investigations in a crime laboratory often require comparison and analytical analysis of bullets and bullet casings, firing pins, hair fibers, carpet and textile fibers, paint chips, scratches on metal surfaces, handwriting specimens, wires (comparison of types, diameters and twist angles), colors, metallurgical grain structures, soil samples, botanical parts, fingerprints, and other trace evidence." (Citation 15)