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Compound Microscope
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Zacharias Jansen
Produced the first compund microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube. -
Robert Hooke
Discovered the celllar composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoeck
Improved magnification of microscopes by polishing lenses. 'animacules" were discovered. -
Matthias Schleiden
Discovered that plants were made up of cells -
Theodor Schwann
Discovered that animals were made up of cells -
Rudolph Virchow
Stated that all living things come from other living things -
Modern Cell Theory
All living things are made up of one or moer cells. -
Modern Cell Theory Part 2
All living cells arice from pre-existing cells by division. -
Modern Cell Theory Part 3
The cell is the fundamental unit of structure and function in all living organisms. -
Citations
http://www.cpschools.com/schools/osm/theory.htm "Cell Theory." <i>HARRIS FAMILY</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2015 Google Images
