The first big microscopy advances came in 1665, when Robert Hooke published theMicrographia, a collection of copper-plate illustrations of objects he had observed with his own compound microscope. He coined the term "cell" when looking at a piece of cork under 30x magnification.
In the late 1660s, Antony van Leeuwenhoek began to grind his own lenses and make simple microscopes. Each microscope was really a powerful magnifying glass rather than a compound microscope. Leeuwenhoek's hand-ground lenses could magnify an object up to 200 times! He observed animal and plant tissue, sperm cells and blood cells, minerals, fossils, and much more. He also discovered nematodes and rotifers (microscopic animals), and he discovered bacteria while looking at samples of plaque from his own and others' teeth.
1900s till now: In 1931, a pair of German scientists invented the electron microscope. This kind of microscope directs a beam of speeded-up electrons at a cell sample; as the electrons are absorbed or scattered by different parts of the cell, they form an image that can be captured by an electron-sensitive photo plate. This model enables scientists to view extremely small parts, magnified as much as one million times. (Check out these electron microscope images to see what it looks like.) The only drawback is that living cells can't be observed with electron microscopes. However, compound microscopes are being improved with digital and other new technology, making microscopy better for everyone from kids to lab microbiologists.
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∙ 11y agoA compound light microscope would be most suitable for looking at skin cells as it can provide detailed images of cells at high magnification levels. Additionally, a phase contrast or fluorescence microscope could be used to enhance contrast and detail in the images of skin cells.
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∙ 11y agoLight microscope
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You use a microscope to look at a cell.
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Generally it would have a microscope to look at the cells under magnification and a blood cell analyzer that looks at the percentage of cells and the type as well as stages of development. There would also be a slide maker and stainer so you can look at the cells under the microscope. Most modern labs have an automated machine to look at blood coagulation which looks at the time it takes blood to clot.
anything you look under a microscope
A light microscope would typically be used to look at a blood sample. This type of microscope has sufficient magnification and resolution to visualize blood cells such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
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A microscope is designed to magnify very small things such as cells.
You use a microscope to look at a cell.
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Objects do not get new names because you are looking at them through a microscope; if you put a hair under a microscope, then it is still a hair when you look at it. Microscopes are often used to look at cells, bacteria, pollen, minerals, etc. You can look at lots of things. The names do not change. Cells are still cells, when examined under a microscope.
We can look at cells now!
To look at cells and microbes, virus's and bacteria.