Like many inventions today there are disputes in origins of the original inventors. The same dispute applies to who invented the microscope. Dating back to the first century when glass was first invented, the Roman's were investigating the use of glass and how viewing objects through it, made the objects appear larger. Then, in the 13th Salvino D'Armate from Italy, made the first eye glass, providing the wearer with an element of magnification to one eye. The earliest simple forms of magnification were magnifying glasses, usually about 6x - 10x and were used for inspecting tiny insects such as fleas, hence these early magnifiers called 'flea glasses'. Zacharias Jansen and the first compound microscope Then, during the 1590's, two Dutch spectacle makers, Zacharias Jansen and his father Hans started experimenting with these lenses.

American Corrections 9th Edition Powerpoint Download. Microscope History. Avant Garde Gothic Alternative Clubs. Physics, Microscopes, Nobel, Prize, Laureate, Educational. Time Line: 14 th century – The art of grinding lenses is developed in Italy and spectacles are made.