The History of The Microscope and Cells

By boomhammer
  • The Invention of The Microscope

    The Invention of The Microscope

    The Father & Son team of Hans and Zacharias Jansen invented the microscope
  • The First Micrographia

    The First Micrographia

    Robert Hooke publishes a micrographia

  • Achromatic Lense

    The Achromatic lense was introduced and plovided a resolution of 1 micron

  • The Cell Theory

    Theodor Schwann and Matthias Schleiden formally proposed the " Cel Theory"
  • Ernst Leitz microscope is introduced with a revolving mount for 5 objectives

    Ernst Leitz microscope is introduced with a revolving mount for 5 objectives

  • The Theory of the Microscope

    Ernst Abbe published his work on the theory of the microscope
  • Oil Immersive Lense

    Oil Immersive Lense

    The oil immersive lense ( Cedar Oil) was introduced which resulted in a homogeneous opticle path

  • The Microscope Lamp with Filters

  • Apochromatic Objective

    Ernst Abbe designs a Apochromatic Objective that brought red, yellow, and blue into focus

  • The first Commercial UV Microscope by Zeiss

  • Commercial UV Microscope

    The first Commercial UV Microscope was invented by Zeiss

  • Fritz Zernike discovered he could view unstained cells using the phase angle of rays

  • Electronic Microscope

    Electronic Microscope

    Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska constructed the first Electronic Microscope

  • The first Electronic Microscope to exceed the resolution of the Light Microscope

  • Dutch Zernike invented the Phase Contrast Microscope.

    Dutch Zernike invented the Phase Contrast Microscope.

  • Scanning Electronic Micrscope

  • Siemens supplies the first commercialy avalible electronic microscope

    Siemens supplies the first commercialy avalible electronic microscope

  • The Commercial microscope went to market

  • Scanning laser confocal microscope is commercialy avalible

    Scanning laser confocal microscope is commercialy avalible

  • Scanning probe microscope is invented and works by measuring current

    Scanning probe microscope is invented and works by measuring current