NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hooke’s microscope developed in 1670s was named ____
A
Circa
B
Leica
C
Micrographia
D
Zeiss
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Compound microscope designed by Robert Hooke, 1671–1700, and thought to have been made by Christopher Cock of Covent Garden, London.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Dutch father-son team named Hans and Zacharias Janssen invented the first so-called compound microscope in the late 16th century when they discovered that, if they put a lens at the top and bottom of a tube and looked through it, objects on the other end became magnified.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hooke devised the compound microscope and illumination system shown above, one of the best such microscopes of his time, and used it in his demonstrations at the Royal Society’s meetings. With it he observed organisms as diverse as insects, sponges, bryozoans, foraminifera, and bird feathers.

Detailed explanation-4: -This beautiful microscope was made for the famous British scientist Robert Hooke in the late 1600s, and was one of the most elegant microscopes built during the period. Hooke illustrated the microscope in his Micrographia, one of the first detailed treatises on microscopy and imaging.

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