Compound microscopes have more than one lens. The first (objective) lens magnifies the object to produce an image. Subsequent lenses magnify an image produced by a previous lens.
Leeuwenhoek's "microscope" had only one lens -- simple magnification only.
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The first compound microscope had multiple lenses for magnification and was generally larger and more complex in design. Anton van Leeuwenhoek's microscope, on the other hand, was a simple single-lens design, with a tiny but powerful lens that enabled him to see tiny organisms that were previously unseen.
a compound microscope has two or more lens while a simple microscope has only one lens
Janssen's microscope was a compound microscope with a series of lenses for magnification, while Leeuwenhoek's microscope was a simple, single-lens microscope. Janssen's microscope allowed for higher magnification and better resolving power compared to Leeuwenhoek's microscope. Additionally, Janssen's microscope was more complex and had a more refined design than Leeuwenhoek's simple microscope.
A compound microscope
A magnifying glass has one lenses and a compound light microscope has 2 lenses
The difference lies in the number of lenses that each microscope has. A compound microscope has 2 or more lenses, like those found in most science classrooms. A simple microscope uses only 1 lens.
A compound microscope consists of several lenses operating together, whereas a simple microscope is one lens, like a magnifying glass. A compound microscope gives higher magnification and also better resolution than a simple microscope.
There are many. Simple microscope, compound microscope, light microscope, scanning electron microscope, Transmission Electron Microscope, Dissection microscope, etc,but all together there are about 20 different types of microscopes.
There is no apparent connection between van Leeuwenhoek who developed his simple (single lens) microscope system and the work of Zacharias Janssen is associated with the compound (two lens) microscope invented in 1590. Van Leeuwenhoek was unable to use the compound microscope because magnification was too low. The microscopes built by van Leeuwenhoek (around 1670) had ten times the magnification of the compound microscopes of the day. One could say that Janssen helped van Leeuwenhoek succeed by getting everyone else to use the inferior microscope.
There are many. Simple microscope, compound microscope, light microscope, scanning electron microscope, Transmission Electron Microscope, Dissection microscope, etc,but all together there are about 20 different types of microscopes.
There are different types of microscopes, and some are simple and some are compound. It depends on which microscope you are talking about.
compound microscope By Diana maldonado (: