MICROANATOMY

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSCOPY CELL BIOLOGY

MICROSCOPY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When were electron microscopes invented?
A
1700’s
B
1800’s
C
1900’s
D
2000’s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ernst Ruska, a German electrical engineer, is credited with inventing the electron microscope. The earliest electron microscope was deve loped in 1931, and the first commercial, mass-produced instrument became available in 1939.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll, a physicist and an electrical engineer, respectively, from the University of Berlin, who created the first electron microscope in 1931. This prototype was able to produce a magnification of four-hundred-power and was the first device to show what was possible with electron microscopy.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. Early History of Electron Microscopy: 1931 to 1960. The invention of the electron microscope by Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska at the Berlin Technische Hochschule in 1931 finally overcame the barrier to higher resolution that had been imposed by the limitations of visible light.

Detailed explanation-4: -At that time, eyeglasses were beginning to be used widely among the populace, focusing a great deal of attention on optics and lenses. In fact, some historians credit both the Janssens and a fellow Dutch eyeglass maker, Hans Lippershey, with concurrent, though independent, invention of the microscope.

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