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Jan 1, 1268
Eye Glasses
Used for the eyes to magnify objects that stayed on your face -
Jan 1, 1500
Flea Glasses
The flea scope was the first arrangement with two lenses created to enhance the magnification of an object. It only allowed for examination of small creatures such as the flea. -
Compound Glasses
The Compound Glasses is a type of microscope that works by bending light rays from one lens to another, enlarging an object many times. The invention was created by Zaccaria and Hans Janssen who lined up the two lenses in a tube. -
Single Lens Microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first to use it for scientific research. His invention differed from the rest as it used an extreme curvture of one simple lens to magnify specimens up to 279 times.His inventions contributes to science through the study of blood flow, microscopic organisms, and yeast. -
The Electron Microscope
By the 1900s scientists wanted more; they wanted to view smaller components/ organisms that the other microscopes couldn't do. The Electron Microscope was invented by Ruska and Max Knott who succeeded in shooting electons in a vacuum at a wavelength 100,000 times smaller than that of light. -
The Microscope Today
Today's technolody has advantanced, the microscopes today have, stains, video, and dyes used to enhance the visibility of specimens are constantly evolving to improve the value of the light microscope and bridge the gap between the power of this instrument to view living specimens and the superior magnification abilities of the electron microscope.
