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The Polarized light microscope was invented in 1828 by William Nichol. A polarized light microscope improves the quality of the image obtained with birefringent materials when compared to other techniques.
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Henry Goddard was the first man to examine the flaws on a bullet and then match it to a mold to catch a murderer.
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The first known blood test was done by a German scientist named Shinbein who realized that hemoglobin was able to oxidize hydrogen peroxide into foam.
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Francis Henry Galton determined that fingerprints are unchangeable throughout life, and that everyones fingerprints are different.
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Edmond Locard started the first crime labratory in Lyons, France. This Crime lab was one of the first in Europe and the entire world. The US did not have its first crime lab til 1928.
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12 matching points as being a succesful fingerprint identification was first talked about by Edmond Locard.
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Charles E. Waite was the first man to catalog data about different types of weapons.
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the use of DNA to solve a crime and exonerate an innocent suspect
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NAS research group exposed a long-held FBI theory that every batch of gun ammunition ever made carries its own unique chemical fingerprint.
