History of Microscopes and Cells By chasegray5 Jan 1, 1595 Jansen creates first compound microscope. Jan 1, 1632 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek learns to how to assemble microscopes by grinding lenses. Jan 1, 1665 Robert Hooke publishes, "Micrographia" which contains sketches and information about cells. Jan 1, 1668 Francesco Redi discovers, contrary to the idea of spontaneous generation, that meat only attracts maggots, and does not spawn them. Jan 1, 1674 Anton Von Leeuwenhook is the first to observe single cell organisms, now known as protazoa. Jan 1, 1678 Robert Hooke reported to the Royal Society that he discovered, "little animals". Jan 1, 1831 Robert Brown discovers the nucleus of cells, and their importance within the cell. Jan 1, 1839 Schleider and Schwann begin their work on the Cell Theory Jan 1, 1840 Albrecht von Roelliker discovers that sperm and eggs cells are cells. Jan 1, 1855 Rudolf publishes, "Biogenic Law" stating that all cells must rise from other cells, and that disease affects cells. Jan 1, 1856 Pringsheim observed how a sperm cell penetrates an egg cell. Jan 1, 1857 Kolliker discovers mitochondria. Jan 1, 1858 Rudolf Virchow adds to the Cell Theory, saying that all living things must rise from other living things. Jan 1, 1860 Louis Pasteur disproves the widely accepted idea of spontaneous generation, using his famous experiment using maggots and meat. Jan 1, 1879 Mitosis is discovered by Walther Flemmings. Jan 1, 1879 Flemming discovers the behavior of chromosomes during mitosis. Jan 1, 1880 August Weissman proposes the change< "Biogenic Law" saying that cells can also trace ancestry back to the beginning of time. Jan 1, 1898 Golgi discovers the Golgi Aparatus. Jan 1, 1900 Louis Pasteur in Robert Kosh study bacteria. Jan 1, 1930 Using the phase angle of cells, Fritz Zernike discovered how to view unstained cells.
