Microscopes

What can glass do?

Jan 1, 1590

Zaccharias Jansses and Hans Janssen placed pieces of glass under eachother and noticed that the object viewed under the glass was larger then usual.

What the "cell"?

May 3, 1665

Early physisist Robert Hooke was observing a piece of cork with the pieces of glasses and noticed little spots that moved.

Litte Baby Specimens

May 15, 1674

Anton Van Leeuwnhoek views biological creatures under a microscope.

A Move in Science

Aug 14, 1931

Ernst Ruska started to build the first electron microscope.

The Feild Emission Microscope

Jun 27, 1936

Erwin Wilhelm Muller createdd the Feild Emission Microscope.

Feild Ion Microscope

Dec 18, 1951

Erwin Wilhelm Muller invents another microscope (Feild Ion Microscope) that was the first to obseve atoms.

Micro-award

Apr 27, 1953

Frits Zermike wins Nobel Peace Prize for inventing the Phase Contrast Microscope.

Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Oct 9, 1981

Gerd Binning and Heinrich Rohrer invented the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM).

Atomic Force Microscope

Dec 29, 1986

Gerd Binning invented the Atomic Force Microscope.

Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Feb 17, 1988

Kingo Itaya invents the Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscope.