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The chinese used a water lense to view specimens
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Roger Bacon invents the first hand lens in 1250. -
Hans and Zacharias Jansen invent the very first compound microscope.
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Robert Hooke, an English scientist, publishes his book called Micrographia about his studies with the microscope.
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek used his own microscope to observe bacteria and insects. -
Joseph Jackson Lister finds that using weak lenses together can provide even clearer magnification. -
Richard Zsigmondy invents the ultramicroscope which allows people the see specimens below the wavelength of light.
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Ernst Ruska invents the electron microscope that helps improve resolution.
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In 1986, several Japanese scientists created the digital microscope. This allows them to transfer the image from the microscope to a computer for easy analysis.
