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Period: Oct 27, 1537 to
thinking about cells but no way to prove
scientist were starting to wonder anout what is inside living things and were briefly starting to make desings for a microscope. all of thier desings failed until zacharia jansen -
Zacharia Jansen
produced the first compound microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube -
Robert Hooke
discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science -
Francesco Redi
During Redi's time a common theory was abiogenesis, which asserted that living organisms can spontaneously grow from dead or inorganic matter. Francesco's work to disprove abiogenesis would later play a crucial role in the development of cell theory. He desinged an with maggots to prove it as he did. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
improved magnification of microscopes by polishing lenses -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
discovered 'animacuoles' -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
discovered bacteria from a sample of saliva in his mouth -
Matthias Schleiden
discovered that plants were made of cells -
Theodor Schwann
discovered that animals were made of cells -
Rudolph Virchow
stated that all living things come from other living things
