Who invented the microscope?
The invention of the microscope begins much earlier, however, in ancient Rome. Creating Lenses All microscopes need lenses to magnify their subjects, and to make lenses, you need clear glass. The Romans perfected clear glass around 100AD and discovered that glass which was thicker in the middle and thinner on the edges had the ability to make things look larger. They called this early magnifying glass a lens; the name derives from the latin lentis, or lentil bean, which has a similar shape. The First Microscope Nearly 16 centuries passed before Zacharias Janssen and his father, Hans, experimented by mounting two lenses in a tube. They discovered that the lenses working together allowed a much higher magnification than either lens alone, if they were placed in the proper alignment. Word spread to the famed scientist Galileo, who documented the principles behind microscopes and lenses and created his own version that used reflected light. The Janssen’s microscope was a direct-view model,
