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Köhler illumination

Method of specimen illumination used in optical microscopy
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Köhler illumination

Summary

Köhler illumination ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Köhler illumination is credited with the discovery of August Köhler[2].
  • August Köhler is named after Köhler illumination[3].
  • Köhler illumination's subclass of is recorded as lighting[4].
  • Köhler illumination's Commons category is recorded as Köhler illumination[5].
  • Köhler illumination's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r4805[6].
  • Köhler illumination's facet of is recorded as microscopy[7].
  • Köhler illumination's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Kohler-illumination[8].
  • Köhler illumination's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11g_rlwqc0[9].
  • Köhler illumination's Quora topic ID is recorded as Köhler-Illumination[10].
  • Köhler illumination's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 116070441[11].

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Works and Contributions

Köhler illumination is credited with the discovery of August Köhler[2].

Why It Matters

Köhler illumination ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

microscopy

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  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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