Two Great Inventors

Two great inventors of the 15^th century helped solve the mystery of the microscopic world by building the first microscope. The inventors were Anton van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke.

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Hooke called the units of cork that he saw in his microscope cells because the little boxes reminded him of the rows of small rooms in a monastery which were called cells; and its all history from that point!

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