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Inventors of the first compound microscope
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Hooke had discovered plant cells, he saw the cell walls in cork tissue. Hooke alsoo came up with the term "cells" the boxlike cells of the cork
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He found that rotted meat cannot turn into flies. Only flies can make more flies.
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Described unicellular organisms from his observations of a drop of stagent rainwater as 'animalcules'
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Tried variations on John Needhams experiments, determined that soup in a sealed container was sterile and micro organisms caused the soup to spoil.
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Observed that a large body, the nucleus was present in both plant and animal cells
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Created Cell theory. States that all living things are made up of one or more cells.
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Proposed that all organisms are composed of cells, formulated cell theory of life.
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Stated that every cell stem has to come from another cell.
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Experimented that soup exposed to air only spoiled if the air was not filtered.