Which phenomenon limited resolution of early compound microscopes developed during the Islamic Golden Age?

💡 Explanation

When magnifying objects using early compound microscopes, spherical aberration occurs because spherical lenses focus rays at different points, resulting in blurred images. Therefore, resolution was limited by spherical aberration rather than chromatic aberration (requiring prisms), diffraction (related to wavelength and aperture), or mechanical instability (though contributing, not primary limitation).

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