Microscope and Discovery of the Cell Flashcards
A ___ is an instrument used to magnify a tiny object
Microscope
Who discovered the first lens?
The Romans
It was derived from the Latin word ____ – as it resemble the shape of a ___ ___.
Lentil; lentil bean
Who made the first compound microscope?
Zacharias Janssen
Who is known to built his own microscope and used thin slice of cork as a specimen.
Robert Hooke
____ means small compartment that eventually become the word cell.
Cellula
What is micrographia?
It is one of the first detailed handbook on microscopy and imaging.
Which scientist studied the bacteria, blood cell, and protists. He also made a microscope which had a more powerful magnification than what Hooke build.
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Who is the professor of botany in Germany that stated that all plants are composed of cells?
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Who is the professor of physiology that studied at the University of Belgium that studied several slides of animal tissues in which he stated that animals are composed of cells?
Theodor Schwann
