HISTORY OF MICROSCOPE

The microscope first originated back in 1595. The first two pioneers of this device were Hans and Zacharias Janssen. It was thought that Han’s Dad was the first person to actually design the very first microscope but his son took it to the finish line and produced a simplistic version of what we now call the microscope. It was only a tube with two lens and had minimal magnification. It was not until many years later that the microscope was improved upon. The next person to come into the realm of technological improvements regarding the compound microscope was Robert Hooke but that was not until around 1660. Within the next five years he was able to better explore the magnified world around us. He is noted for being the first person to describe the plant tissue that he saw under a microscope as being a cell. He was a brilliant inventor and intellectual. His imprints are left in various walks of history from planetary movement to the oxygenation in the respiratory system. Another important person in the history of the microscope was Anton Van Leeuwenhoek. He might not have been the inventor but he definitely made improvements and made it one of the best microscopes for this period of time. By looking under the microscope he was able to see “bacteria, protozoens, and prove the theory of blood circulation.”