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Seeing is Believing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
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Since the first century A.D., mankind has found ways to see better1. During the next twelve centuries, convex lenses were made from clear minerals for eyeglasses, in order to overcome far-sightedness. Then, in the 1300's, clear, artificial glass became available for the same purposs. By the sixteenth century, concave lenses were made for the near-sighted. It was not until the 17th century that a combination of lenses led to the sciences of astronomy and microscopy.
One of the earliest important microscopists was the Englishman Robert Hooke (1635-1703). He owned a compound microscope with an objective lens and an eyepiece, much like Galileo's telescope.
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