History of Magnification

By hveemtyl@yahoo.com
  • Jan 31, 1000

    Circa 1000AD

    Circa 1000AD
    The first vision aide was invented called a reading stone.
  • May 16, 1284

    Circa

    Circa
    Italian, Salvino D'Armate invented the first wearable eyeglasses.

  • 1590

    1590
    Two dutch eye glass makers Zacharias Janssen and son Hans Janssen created the compound telescope.

  • 1665

    1665
    Robert Hooke noticed there were pores or cells in it.

  • 1674

    1674
    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented a way to see bigger spaces from a telescope.

  • 1830

    1830
    Joseph Jackson found out that if you put small lens together then you will be able to see farther.

  • 1872

    1872
    Ernst Abbe discovered that we can actually see through the whole size of a telescope.

  • 1932

    1932
    Fritz Zernike invented the phase contract microscope that allowed for the study of colorless and transparent biological materiels.