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Using A Compound Microscope Lab Report

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Olivia Silvestri Due: 10/19/15

Using a Compound Microscope Lab Report E Period

Abstract

The purpose of this lab is to learn about the parts and uses of a compound microscope. It is also to learn how to properly use and take care of the microscope. This lab showed me what materials and parts of the microscope I should use when examining an object.

Introduction

The microscope was invented by a father and son, Hans and Zaccharias Janssen. They were once looking at the lens of a magnifying glass and decided to put the lenses in a tube. When they looked through the tube, they noticed that the object underneath the magnifying lenses, was enlarged. That was the first invention of the compound microscope. Overtime, more advancements and improvements were made by other scientists to this microscope (1. microscope-microscope.org). A scientist that contributed to the cell theory is Robert Hooke. Robert Hooke was the first person to use the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life. He was also known for his observations of thinly sliced cork. Robert Brown contributed to the cell theory by discovering the nucleus of a plant cell (2. brighthub.com). The scientist Schleiden, made the statement about cells that all plant tissues were made up of cells and that cells are the basic building blocks of all plants. Schwann discovered that both plants and animals are made up of cells.

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