Monday, January 24, 2005

Microscope, The compound microscope

The compound microscope, using an objective and an eyepiece, was first described in the 16th century, but all drawings of the period indicate very impractical arrangements of lenses. The first useful compound microscope was constructed in the Netherlands sometime between 1590 and 1608. Three spectacle makers - Hans Jansen, his son Zacharias, and Hans Lippershey - have each received

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