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When was the microscope invented and by whom? why was this important? nasa

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It's not clear who invented the first microscope, but the Dutch spectacle maker Zacharias Janssen (b. 1585).. allowed scientists to see cells, bacteria, and many other structures that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye
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