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History of microscopes

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    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    He made the first microscope. He did see microorganisms
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    Robert Hooke

    He was an English scientist who discovered the cork he was looking at had little compartments that he called cells.
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    Francisco Redi

    He said that the maggots only appeared after flies lay eggs. Maggots did not form by them selfes.
  • Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann

    Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann
    They said all living things are made of cells.
  • Rudolf Virchow

    Rudolf Virchow
    He said that cells can only come from already existing cells. He observed cells reproducing
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur
    He did an experiment with boiling water with yeast and sugar. He discovered that micro organisms come from micro organisims.
  • James HIllier and Albert Prebus

    James HIllier and Albert Prebus
    developed the first electron microscope.