EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell by Hooke. While looking at cork, Hooke observed box-shaped structures, which he called “cells” as they reminded him of the cells, or rooms, in monasteries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hooke had discovered plant cells–more precisely, what Hooke saw were the cell walls in cork tissue. In fact, it was Hooke who coined the term “cells": the boxlike cells of cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was unsurprising that van Leeuwenhoek would make such a discovery.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cell was first discovered and named by ROBERT HOOKE in 1665. He remarked that it looked strangely similar to cellula or small rooms which monks inhabited, thus deriving the name. However what Hooke actually saw was the dead cell walls of plant cells (cork) as it appeared under the microscope.