1620 ⟶ First Compound Microscopes in Europe

Appearance of the first compound microscopes in Europe.
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🔭 Earliest Known Telescopes

Earliest known telescopes⟶
Earliest Known Telescopes (1608)
TelescopeOpticsInstrumentationScientific RevolutionEarly Modern PeriodTechnologyObservation
NetherlandsNetherlands

🔬 First Compound Microscopes in Europe

Appearance of the first compound microscopes in Europe.⟶
First Compound Microscopes in Europe (1620)
MicroscopyCompound MicroscopeInstrumentationCell TheoryBiologyEarly Modern PeriodObservation
NetherlandsNetherlands

🔬 Robert Hooke observes cells in cork

Robert Hooke saw cells in cork using a microscope.⟶
Robert Hooke observes cells in cork (1665)
Cell TheoryMicroscopyRobert HookeBiology17th CenturyScientific DiscoveryCytologyEnglandObservation

🔬 Leeuwenhoek Observes Spermatozoa

Anton van Leeuwenhoek observed spermatozoa.⟶
Leeuwenhoek Observes Spermatozoa (1677)
MicroscopyBiologyCell BiologyReproductionLeeuwenhoekEarly Modern PeriodObservationScientific Discovery
NetherlandsNetherlands