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he learned how to grind lenses and assemble them into simple microscopes.
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used such an instrument to observe cork cells
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he used isterments to study things in the lab
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best known for his sturdy of elasticity
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he publication "Micrographia a book inspierd by his work
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began making microscopic examinations of his own
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he study plants and found out that they all have cells
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he study anmail tissues
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proposing that all living cells must rise from pre-existing cells
believed that nonliving matter could spontaneously generate living tissue -
set out to disprove spontaneous generation with a now-classic experiment that both firmly established the cell theory beyond doubt
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he published "Microscopic Investigations on the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of Plants and Animals