History of the Microscope

By derpynathan

  • The begining of the Microscope

    The begining of the Microscope
    Two dutch spectacle makers named Zaccharias Jannsen and his son Hans made the first compound microscope.

  • The Naming of Cells

    The Naming of Cells
    A man named Robert Hooke used a compound microscope to see cells. He thought that the cells looked like chambers, so he named them cells.

  • The Father of Microscopy

    The Father of Microscopy
    The father of microscopy is a man named Antoni van Leeuwenhoek made over 240 different microscopes.