General instruments corporation supplies portable light weight, pocket size 100 x illuminated microscope from panasonic, japan in two tubes among which one contains batteries and the other a precision 100 x microscope. When the instrument is unfolded light is activated. This illumnated microscope is ideal for research students, scientists, engineers, medical use for scientists in labwork, agriculture and forestry research, printing, textile trade, lapidary and geological work. This microscope can also be used in industrial sectors for checking surface finish, pinholes, millscale, cracks, defects, etc.