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Two Dutch spectacle makers, Zacharias Jansen and his father Hans started experimenting by mounting two lenses in a tube, the first compound microscope
Two Dutch spectacle makers, Zacharias Jansen and his father Hans started experimenting by mounting two lenses in a tube, the first compound microscope -
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History of the Microscope
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Galileo Galilei develops a compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens
Galileo Galilei develops a compound microscope with a convex and a concave lens -
Robert Hooke's book called Micrographia officially documented a wide range of observations through the microscope.
Robert Hooke's book called Micrographia officially documented a wide range of observations through the microscope. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek used grinding lenses to achieve greater magnification
Anton van Leeuwenhoek used his knowledge of grinding lenses to achieve greater magnification which he utilised to make a microscope, enabling detailed observations to be made of bacteria -
Joseph Jackson Lister created an achromatic lens to eradicating the chromatic effect caused by different wavelengths of light
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Ernst Abbe discovers the Abbe sine condition (a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images), a breakthrough in microscope design, which was until then largely based on trial and error
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Ernst Ruska starts to build the first electron microscope