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Microscope
history of the microscope
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
09/26/2014

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burning glasses
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The earliest development of the microscope can be traced back to
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Bacon
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Who invented spectacles
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Lippershey
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Who is known for inventing the first telescope
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Galileo
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Whose observations of the heavens proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory
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compound microscope
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The father and son team of Jansseen and Jansseen are known for inventing the
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scientific society devoted to the use of the microscope as a recreational toy
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"Academia dei Linicei" was a/an
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Hooke
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Who wrote the paper "Micrographia"
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van Leeuwenhoek
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Who is known as the "father of microscopy"
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Hooke
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Who first "discovered" cells, using a microscope
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van Leeuwenhoek
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Who made the first microscopic descriptions of bacteria, protozoans, and spermatozoa
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animalcules
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What did the van Leewenhoek call those microscopic organisms
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Malpighi
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Who proved William Harvey's blood circulation theory
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Koch
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Who made important advances in the area of microbiology by the discovery of infectious bacteria
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van Leeuwenhoek
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Who is known for making the world's first "practical microscope" by devising special lenses
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Electron microscope
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Which of the following modern microscopes uses beams of electrons to illuminate an object
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