An Environment From Another Perspective
My father and mother have been very supportive of whatever I want to become in life. Hence, when I was eight years of age, they persuaded me to become a scientist when I asked for a microscope. I had my first microscope that Christmas. I was so engrossed with what I saw that it had me thinking what if I could discover a new organism, or a cure for a disease or one that could contribute to the betterment of human life, then maybe I could become a Noble Peace Prize winner.
My microscope became my eyes to another world, everything that I grabbed, I placed under its tiny scope. That winter was quite unusual. I was amazed and fell in love with the assortment and exquisiteness of the snowflakes. Shown as a magnificent gift of majestic creation, every snowflake was a work of art, each one is unique in its fragile daintiness.
It was the invention of glass lenses, or a combination of lenses with the use of a light microscope that enables to magnify these little worlds and make them visible to the human eye. There were early magnifiers, burning glasses and magnifying glasses as scribed by Seneca, Pliny the Elder, and Roman philosophers during the first century A.D. Then came the word lenses. It’s because the shape of the magnifying glasses looked like a seed of a lentil.
The earliest microscope was just a tube with a plate for the object at one end and a magnification lens that enlarged objects ten times its size on the other. They used to call it flea glasses as well because of their curiosity on examining fleas and other insects with it.
In 1590, Zaccharias Janssen and his son Hans discovered that objects can seem bigger as a result of their testing on various lenses in a tube.The instrument improved over the years as different inventors added their knowledge and expertise. A lens with a focusing device was Galileo’s contribution in the microscope’s enhancement in 1609. However, the scientist regarded as the founder of microscopy is Anton Van Leeuwenhoek of Holland. It started when he worked at a dry goods store as a trainee and a magnifying glass was what he used to tally the threads in the fabric. He was able to make lenses that curved up to 270 diameters of amplification after learning how to sharpen and refine them.He began to build microscopes and eventually made biological discoveries that made him famous. The discovery of bacteria, yeast plants, water organisms, and small blood vessels through the microscope was attributed to him.What a moment that must have been. Small additions were added until Charles A. Spencer, an American scientist of the 19th century discovered how to produce the finest optics that can magnify up to 1250 diameters using natural light and 5000 diameters using blue light.
With the variety of microscopes in the market, you can pick one that can satisfy your child’s curios mind or take a look at those used by the business sector, in research laboratories and for health examinations. Despite how it measures, it can still spark your interest, that’s for sure.
Do you need microscopes to assist you with your Education? If yes, feel free to head to Safe Home and select from different microscopes and additional accessories that would best suit your requirements.
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