Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made a simple microscope that could magnify up to 270 times.
A simple microscope has only one lens and can magnify an object up to 15 times the object's size. A compound microscope has two lenses and can magnify an object more than 2,000 times.
A simple microscope can typically magnify an object by up to around 10-20 times, depending on the specific design and quality of the lens and components used.
Probably a microscope would be the best to magnify something 20 times. add simple lenses and couplets have fairly serious limitations beyond 8 - 10 times.
The first microscope could magnify Less Than 20X
An electron microscope can magnify objects up to 1,000,000 times, while a light microscope can typically magnify objects up to 2,000 times. This means an electron microscope can magnify objects 500 times larger than a light microscope.
A 1590 microscope can magnify an object up to 1590 times its original size.
A TEM microscope can typically magnify samples up to 1 million times.
it can magnify an object up to 30 times it can magnify an object's appearance by 30 times
A microscope can typically magnify objects up to 1000x, depending on the type and quality of the microscope. Specialized microscopes, such as electron microscopes, can magnify objects even further, up to millions of times.
the first microscopes measured from 3x to 9x depending on the size
1500 times
A microscope lens with a power of 40X will magnify an object 40 times its actual size.