The Microscope

During the early 1600s the invention of the microscope completely revolutionized the path of science. After the initial invention of the microscope, scientists began rapidly discovering a whole “new world” that could only be seen through a microscope, and was not apparent to the naked eye. Eventually, Robert Hooke, a microscopist from England, was credited with the discovery of cells. Hooke cut thin slices of cork and viewed them under a microscope. He then called the little compartments he saw under the microscopes cells.
Also during this time, Anton can Leeuwenhoek, was spending his time building single-lensed microscopes of good worth. Leeuwenhoek also spent a great deal of time writing down what he observed under the microscope and sent his observations to the Royal Society of London, furthering scientific development. One such finding was the examination of a drop of pond water, in which he found mic...