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is associated with invention of the a single-lens optical microscope and the compound 9x magnification optical microscope
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published the book Micrographia
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Discovered animalcules when he looked at pond water under a microscope
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-discovered the infusoria
-discovered the vacuole of the cell. -
-discovered the bacteria in 1676
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-discovered the spermatozoa in 1677.
-Van Leeuwenhoek had troubles with Dutch theologists about his practice. -
-discovered the banded pattern of muscular fibers
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concluded that all animals are made up of cells
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discovered that the only source for a living cell was another living cell
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became professor of botany at the University of Dorpat
