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The 10 best innovations in the invention of the microscope Since Slice Bread

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16. Claudius Ptolemny observes a stick bending in a pool of water and records the angles

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15. Robert Hooke observes dead cells

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14. Anton Van Leewenhoek looks at blood and insects and observes living cells

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13. Phase-contrast microscope allows for the study of colorless/transparent bio-material

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12. Ultramicroscope developed to observe objects below the wavelength of light

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11. Ernst Abbe relates wavelength of light to the resolution of an image

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10. Romans begin experimenting with glass to find some objects appear closer when observed through it

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9. Spherical aberration used to combine many weak lenses to reduce blurriness of an image

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8. Scanning electron microscope developed: transmits beam of electrons across surface of item

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6. Scanning tunneling microscope produces 3D images from the atomic level

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6. Lenses combine two types of glass to remove the effects of refracting light

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5. Salvino D'Armate makes the first eyeglasses

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3. Electron microscope developed

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3. Compound microscope developed with both a concave and a convex lens

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2. Spectacles developed to improve eyesight

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1. Two lenses placed in a tube to create the first microscope