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He made improvements to the microscopes.
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Hans is associated with invention of the single-lens optical
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He is believed to be the inventor of the compound microscope.
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Hans discovered that nearby objects appeared greatly enlarged through experimenting with several lenses in a tube.
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Robert used the simple microscope to observe cork and called the spaces "cells."
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Anton created at least 25 microscopes. Nine survive as of today.
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Heinrich expanded the electromagnetic theory of light.
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Matthieas co-founded the cell theory with Schwann and Virchow. "All organisms are made up of cells."
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Robert discovered unmyelinated nerve fibers and the nerve cells in the heart and discovered that the origin of cells was by
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He is credited with development of cell theory. Discovered "Schwann cells" in peripheral nervous system.
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Ernst formulated mathematical theory that correlated with the resolution to the wavelength of light.
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Rudolf contributed to the cell theory. He first recognized leukemia cells.
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Leo conceived the electron microscope, linear accelerator, and cyclotron.
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Ernst used several coils in a series to build the first electron microscope.
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Max and his co-worker, Ernst Ruska, invented the electron microscope.
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Gerd designed scanning tunneling microscope.
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Hirox created the first digital microscope.
