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Many a physicist seems to feel that Graton's claims not only challenge the Abbe theory but the wave theory of light itself. One professor declared that his results could not be true simply because no known theory of physics could explain them. By last week the contention had reached such a pitch that Dr. Graton offered to appear at an open forum for skeptical colleagues in January, at which he would elucidate his achievement further, submit himself to crossexamination. Meanwhile, he continued to manifest serene confidence: "The Graton microscope appears to be arousing much interest among optical physicists and microscope manufacturers, who somewhat reluctantly are now recognizing that it is possible to do what they have long regarded as impossible in the realm of magnification."