What general type of microscope uses bright illumination and multiple glass lenses?
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The compound microscope is the type of microscope that uses bright illumination and multiple glass lenses.  This type of microscope uses not only one but many double convex lenses. It also makes use of the visible light that the eyes can see. 

When scientist examine data such as historical documents, they are using the "scientific methods"