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Well, we can't see such tiny small things with just a naked eye. So they invented microscopes. The answer is because no microscopes were invented. The first person to build a microscope was Robert Hooke. In 1665 Robert Hooke observed a thin slice of cork through a microscope.

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Why cells could not be observed before seventeenth century?

No microscope


Why could not study cells before the mid-1600s?

Microscopes with sufficient magnification and resolution did not exist prior to the mid-1600s, making it impossible to observe cells. Additionally, the concept of cells as the basic unit of life was not established until the mid-19th century by scientists like Robert Hooke and Matthias Schleiden.


Which one of the cells was studied first?

First observed cells were plant cells. Robert Hook observed cork cells.


Did you observed any change in the image of onion cells before and after starring?

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Why did scientists discover cells until the 1600s?

its because there was no way to see them


Who first observed plant cells?

Matthias Schleiden first observed plant cells, or at least first came up with a part of cell theory including cells.


What grew from the work of many scientist who studied cells beginning in the 1600s?

The work done gave rise to the theory of cells.


Can we use the before observed in the phrase it is observed?

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Who was the scientist that first observed cells under a microscope?

Robert Hooke is credited with being the scientist who first observed cells under a microscope. He observed and described cells in a thin slice of cork in his book "Micrographia" published in 1665.


When were the first living cells observed?

The cells that were first seen were nonliving.


The first living cells were observed by?

Anton Von Leeuwenhoek observed the first living cell in around 1674,although Robert Hooke observed a dead cell in 1663.


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