Which focusing limitation influenced the achievable magnification in early compound microscopes?

💡 Explanation

Chromatic aberration, caused by wavelength-dependent refractive index, reduced image sharpness; therefore early microscopes had limited magnification improvements using multiple lenses, because imperfect lenses would always blur images, rather than enhance details.

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