Hi my name is anton van leeuwenhoek i studied freshwater and noticed it was full of cells i called them wee beasties. i used a compound microscope
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hi my name is robert hooke i put a cork under a microscope and found little boxes thet reminded me of a cell which is what monks lie in. i also used a compound microscope
there was a 200 year time period where technology improved and so did the microscopes. when technology gets smarter the magnification gets larger.