The History of Microscopes

  • Zaccharias Janssen discovers Microscope

    Zaccarias and his son Hans discovers the Compound microscope while doing an experiment of putting lenses into a tube.
  • Robert Hooke discovers cell

    Robert Hooke discovers cell

    Robert discovers cells while observing a thin slice of a cork with a very simple microscope. He's microscope had very poor quality.
  • Anton Leeuwenhoek built simple Microscope

    Anton Leeuwenhoek built simple Microscope

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek built simple microscopes with one lenses.
  • Anton becomes 'Father of Microscopy'

    Anton becomes 'Father of Microscopy'

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek becomes 'Father of Microscopy by building 240 different kinds of microscopes.

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