GENBIO 1 history of microscope

Question 1

14th Century

Answer 1

first recorded pair of glasses in 1284; by Salvino D’ Armate in Italiy.

Question 2

1590

Answer 2

hans and zacharias janssen; first so-called compound microscope in the late 16th century.

Question 3

1667

Answer 3

robert hooke; late-seventeenth century; micrographia

Question 4

1675

Answer 4

anton van leeuwenhoek (the first to observe bacteria); used one lens to observe insects and other specimen.

Question 5

1830

Answer 5

joseph jackson lister; improved microscope lenses free from achromatic aberration and spherical aberration.

Question 6

1878

Answer 6

ernst abbe; mathematical theory linking resolution to light wavelength

Question 7

1903

Answer 7

richard zsigmondy; ultramicroscope

Question 8

1932

Answer 8

frits zernike; phase contrast illumination

Question 9

1938

Answer 9

ernst ruska; magnetic coil; the first electron microscope in 1933.

Question 10

1981

Answer 10

swiss heinrich rohrer and gerd binnig; scanning tunneling microscope