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Microscope History and Development

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1 Microscope History and Development
Field of view and Magnification

2 Robert Hooke In 1665, the English physicist Robert Hooke looked at a sliver of cork through a microscope lens and noticed some "pores" or "cells" in it. Hooke was the first person to use the word "cell" to identify microscopic structures when he was describing cork.

3 Antique microscopes

4 Early Microscopes - Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
The father of microscopy, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek of Holland ( ). Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to see and describe bacteria (1674), yeast plants, the teeming life in a drop of water, and the circulation of blood corpuscles in capillaries.

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6 Robert Brown In 1820 was using a more advanced microscope with 2 lenses and was able to see that there were smaller parts within a cell He was the first to use the term “nucleus” to describe a round object in the center of the cell

7 The Cell Theory All living things are made up of one or more cells
The cell is the functional unit of life.

8 Technological Advances in Microscopes

9 Compound Light Microscopes
Uses light Has two lenses Magnification limited to 2000x

10 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
Uses beams of electrons Magnification of x Has two limitations: Good only for thin specimens Only dead cells can be observed

11 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Electrons are reflected from the surface of the specimen Produces a 3-d image Good for the thicker specimens Lacks the magnification and resolution of the transmission electron microscope

12 Magnification Magnification = Objective lens X Ocular lens
(4x, 10x, 40x) (10x)

13 Calculating the size of a specimen
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