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Microscopes were thought of by the First-century Romans who experimented with different shapes of glass and found the convex shape could magnify. An Arabian scholar, Ibn al Haitham, (962-1038), in his treatise on optics, Opticae Thesaurus Alhazeni Arabis, discussed the ability of a light-passing sphere to enlarge an image.
There is much disagreement as to who made the first microscope. Some point to Dutch spectacle-makers Zacharias and Hans Janssen in the early 17th century, who made an adjustable tube with two lenses, one biconvex and one planar convex. Others say the first 'scope-builder was their colleague Hans Lippershey, and others have even argued it was Galileo.
Regardless of who first "invented" the microscope, the idea spread quickly when British Scientist, Robert Hooke, of England (1665) published his Micrographia in 1665, (which included full-page drawings of fleas, as well as his own pillar-like microscope design).
With his device he looked at a piece of cork (a soft plant tissue found in the bark of cork-oak trees) and to his astonishment saw tiny little box-like rooms. He called them 'cells' which means in Latin "little rooms". Hooke is given the credit of being the first scientist to see the division of living tissue in smaller units. This inspired other opticians to try their own hand at building 'scopes.
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Who invented the first electron microscope?
It was co-invented by Germans Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska in 1931.
How is a magnifying lens similar to the first microscope invented?
Because you use one or more magnifying lenses to make the actual microscope.
How did the first microscope work?
The first person to make microscope was Zacharias Jansen, he is a male and was Dutch. He lived in Middelburg. Around Holland in 1595, he got credit for his invention and his helper's, Shans Lippershey, and Hans Jenssen.
Was the electron microscope invented by a Canadian?
Yes I think it was invented by Canada.
How does a simple light microscope work?
It helps you see anything
When was the first microscope invented?
The simple one-lens microscope was invented around the 1100's. The compound microscope was invented in 1590.
When was First microscope was invented?
The simple one-lens microscope was invented around the 1100's. The compound microscope was invented in 1590.
Who discovered simple microscope and when?
In 1595 a man named Zacharlas Janssen invented the microscope.
Who invented light microscope?
Robert Hooke invented the first light microscope
What was the microscope Zacharias Janseen invented?
Zacharias Janssen invented the first compound microscope.
What was the first invention invented?
the microscope
Who the first invented microscope?
leeuwenhoek
Why was the first microscope invented?
the microscope was originally invented so that scientist could get a better look at cells
What year was the microscope invented in?
The first microscope was made around 1595 in Holland.
Who developed the compound microscope?
Robert Hooke invented the first compound microscope.
Who is responsible for the microscope?
Zachariah Jansen invented the first light microscope in 1590.
Who is the first who invented the microscop?
The person who invented the first microscope was Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek.
