The History of the Microscope and Cells

By abeaney
  • Hans Jannsen and his son Zacharias

    Hans Jannsen and his son Zacharias
    In about 1597 two Dutch eyeglass makers, Zaccharias Janssen and his son Hans were experimenting with lenses in a tube. They observed that nearby objects viewed through two lenses in line were magnified. Their device was the first compound microscope.
  • Robett Hooke Inveted the Microscope

    Robett Hooke Inveted the Microscope
    In 1665 Robett Hooke invented the Micrsoscope. His newwely invented microscope is discover cells in cork, Bark and wine bottles.
  • Bacteria Found!!

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovered basteria whcich were even smaller.
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek uses to identify blood cells, insects &more

     Anton van Leeuwenhoek uses to identify blood cells, insects &more
    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek uses a simple microscope with only one lense to look at and magnify objects such as blood cells, insects and many mor objects.
  • The Discovery Of the Cell Nucleus

    The Discovery Of the Cell Nucleus
    Scottish Botanist Robert Brown used a microscope to discover a cell nucleus.
  • Cell Theory Proposed!

    Cell Theory Proposed!
    German Bioligist Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden proposed the Cell Theory of life. They theory was started that:
    + all living things are made up of cells.
    +all cells are created when old cells divide into two.
    + all cells are similar to each other, but are not identical.
  • The Cell Reproductive system is Found!

    The Cell Reproductive system is Found!
    German Physician Rudolf Virchow proved once and for all that cells only form by other cells reproducing by splitting.
  • The Mitochondria Is Discovered!

    The Mitochondria Is Discovered!
    Rudolf Kolliker, a swiss anatomist found in 1857 that muscle that contained even smaller parts called the Mitochondria.