Download Opstel Biologie History of the microscope The most well

Opstel Biologie History of the microscope
The most well-known inventor of the microscope is Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. In fact
was he the one that improved the microscope strongly. He was born in 1924. When he
was young his father died. At a young age he was interested in chemistry, astronomy,
physics and mathematics. During his life he married twice. First with Barbara de Meij.
Later on whe she was death, he married with Cornelia Swalmius. With his first wife he
got five children. At the age of 90 he died. He left his oldest daughter a heritage of
90.000 guilders after his death.
He made a lot of discoveries with his own made microscope. Some of those are the
infusoria, red blood cells and some bacteria. In the beginning he thought that the red
blood cells had a sphere shape. But in fact they have a disc-like shape. He also
discovered mites in cheese. At that time those were the smallest organisms found ever.