Specially designed microscope for use in Newton's rings experiment. It is very compact in size and economically priced. It houses an inbuilt lightreflecting unit for the experiment and the lightweight cast aluminum body has provision for positioning the Newton's rings setup. The vertical motion of the microscope through a focusing knob. Horizontal motion along a cast metal carriage with a micrometer at one end for fine adjustment and reading the horizontal position of the microscope with a LC of 0.01 mm. The microscope has working distance and comes with 8x eye piece, Ramsden type with cross line graticule.