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hooke publishes micrographia, micrographia is sketches of various natural things under a microscope. its important because its the first work on microscopy. -
van leeuwenhoek sends letter to royal society that the particles seen under a microscope are living organisms. this is important because this was apart of the first test. -
achromatic microscopes were introduced
it was designed to control the effects of chromatic distortion or aberration and to bring focus of all colors to the same convergence point -
Robert brown recognized the nucleus as an essential constituent of living cells
the nucleus is the important structure in a cell, it serves the function of information storage. -
schleiden and schwann discover plants and animals are made of cells, respectively. cell theory formulated
cells are the basic building blocks of all living organisms -
a number of scientists refute "free cell formation" theory.
is a process of new cell formation found only in ascomycetes. -
microscopy greatly improved.
this is important because there's more small details that scientist will be able to see that they couldn't before. -
Golgi develops "black reaction" to observe nerve cells.
this allowed scientists to stain and view the structure of neurons. -
Wilhelm forwards his idea that the nerve-cell body and its prolongations form an independent unit. the neurons cell body is called the some this is important because most of protein synthesis occurs here -
Waldeyer introduces the term "neuron", paving the way for "neuron theory". the neuron theory is the nervouse system