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The first microscope
The first microscope was invented by three eyeglas makers, Hans Lippershey (picture) , Zacharias Janssen, and his father Hans janssen. -
Robert hooke
Robert hookes microscope made a huge impression, mostly because of its impressive illustrations. Here is his famouse cork drawing. -
Van Leeuwenhoek
Van Leeuwenhoek was perhaps one of the most important people linked to microscopes. On the 9th of october 1676, he announced the discovery of micro-organisms. Not only that but he also discovered blood cells. -
Cell theory arose
The first ideas on cell theory are proposed by Schleiden and Schwarn, before this no one knew anything about it. -
Cell movement
The first observation of cell movement in living organisms is recorded by Metchnikoff (picture). -
Phase contrast microscope
The phase contrast microscope was invented by Zernike (picture) in 1932. It is used to examine biological tissue. -
Electron microscope
The electron microscope was created by Ernst Ruska in 1932. It uses a beam of highly energetic electrons to examine fine objects on a large scale. -
Scanning electron microscope
Max Knoll managed to obtain the first image from a scanning electron microscope.The scanning electron microscope is a type of electron microscope that images the sample surface by scanning it with a high-energy beam of electrons in a raster scan pattern. -
Confocal scanning microscope
The confocal scanning microscope was invented by Marvin Minsky in 1956. This microscope is used for obtaining high-resoulution optical images. -
Optical microscope
The optical microscope is the simplest of microscopes and is the most used. It uses light and a system of lenses to magnify images of small samples. -
Compound optical microscope
A compound optical microscope is different to the optical microscope because it uses different eye pieces to create different volumes of magnification.
