Tag: botany

The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665 when he saw an empty box like compartments in a very thin slice of cork under his microscope. He wrote a book 'Micrographia' and coined the term cellulae which was later changed into the cell.

Antony Van Leeuwenhoek was a tradesman of Holland. He made microscope and discovered bacteria.

Robert Brown discovered an opaque area in many plant cells when observed under the microscope. He called it the nucleus.

The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in the year 1665 when he saw an empty box like compartments in a very thin slice of cork under his microscope and named it cellulae which later changed into the cell.

Robert Hooke observed section of a cork  below a microscope created or structured by him

Zacharias Janssen was the first scientist who is responsible for the invention of the compound microscope. The scientist worked and manufactured the different type of lenses. He made a cylindrical tube-like structure and arranged many different lenses in different orientations within the tube. This led to the formation of the compound microscope which was also known as the telescope. 

A- A microscope helps in magnifying small objects. Zacharias Jansen and his father Hans created the first microscope in 1595. This microscope was made up of a long brass tube with two lenses. 9X was the maximum magnification of this microscope. Magnification helps in viewing an object by making it larger.