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History of Microscopes

By 16ye325

  • The discovery of the microscope

    The discovery of the microscope
    Zaccharias Janssen and his son discovered that lens would enlarge objects. He invented the first compound microscope with two lenses.

  • Cells of Meat

    Cells of Meat
    Robert Hooke was looking at a old piece of meat and discovered cells. He was also the first person to use "cells" for microscopic organisms.

  • Polished!

    Polished!
    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek experiment wit lenses. He polished the lenses to make the zoom bigger. He became the father of microscopy.