2006-10-22 16:24:28 · 3 answers · asked by Taylor C 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
The beginning of the invention is commonly contributed to Galileo in 1610. Galileo had heard of lenses being used in combination and made an instrument with a focusing device.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, considered the father of the microscope, created ways to increase the magnification by grinding smaller and more powerful lenses. Then he began building microscopes and was among one of the first people to see bacteria and cells up close. Others have contributed to and upgraded the compound microscope to the modern version we have today.
2006-10-22 16:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by Koala Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter van Musschenbroek, in his Introductio ad Philosophiam Naturalem, states that when a single lens does not amplify an image sufficiently, then a second or even third should be added, as the Dutchman Drebbel did in 1621. He, according to Musschenbroek , was the inventor of the compound microscope.
2006-10-22 16:28:53 · answer #2 · answered by Thumper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Robert Hooke did..
2006-10-22 18:26:04 · answer #3 · answered by airwimp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋