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History of the Microscope
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Alyssa Bourke
⟶ Updated 13 Dec 2017 ⟶
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Grinding lenses becomes work and spectacles are made.
The first microscope is created
Using a microscope, Robert Hooke discovers what cork is made from and that it floats.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek looks at blood, cells and bacteria through a microscope.
Microscopes become more popular among scientists
Joseph Jackson Lister reduces problems with lenses
A formula is created correlating resolution to the wavelength of light.
The ultramicroscope is developed
The phase-contrast microscope is invented.
The electron microscope is developed
The scanning tunneling microscope is created