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  2. Zacharias Janssen - Wikipedia

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    Zacharias Janssen; also Zacharias Jansen or Sacharias Jansen; 1585 – pre-1632 [1]) was a Dutch spectacle-maker who lived most of his life in Middelburg.He is associated with the invention of the first optical telescope and/or the first truly compound microscope, but these claims (made 20 years after his death) may be fabrications put forward by his son.

  3. Cell theory - Wikipedia

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    From these conclusions about plants and animals, two of the three tenets of cell theory were postulated. 1. All living organisms are composed of one or more cells 2. The cell is the most basic unit of life. Schleiden's theory of free cell formation through crystallization was refuted in the 1850s by Robert Remak, Rudolf Virchow, and Albert ...

  4. Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Bethe, who received a copy of the manuscript, did not object, and, as a matter of fact, was quite helpful in subsequent discussions. There was, however, a rumor that later, when the alpha, beta, gamma theory went temporarily on the rocks, Dr. Bethe seriously considered changing his name to Zacharias.

  5. Rudolf Virchow - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of Virchow's cell theory. Virchow is credited with several key discoveries. His most widely known scientific contribution is his cell theory, which built on the work of Theodor Schwann. He was one of the first to accept the work of Robert Remak, who showed that the origin of cells was the division of pre-existing cells. [29]

  6. Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure ...

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    Schwann dedicated a chapter of the treatise to explicitly formulate the cell theory, stating that ("the elementary parts of all tissues are formed of cells” and that “there is one universal principle of development for the elementary parts of organisms... and this principle is in the formation of cells" (Henry Smith's translation, 1847).

  7. Timeline of microscope technology - Wikipedia

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    1590: earliest date of a claimed Hans Martens/Zacharias Janssen invention of the compound microscope (claim made in 1655). [3] [4] After 1609: Galileo Galilei is described as being able to close focus his telescope to view small objects close up [5] and/or looking through the wrong end in reverse to magnify small objects. [6]

  8. History of the telescope - Wikipedia

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    Reproduction of one of the four optical devices that Zacharias Snijder in 1841 claimed were early telescopes built by Zacharias Janssen. Its actual function and creator has been disputed over the years. [16] [17] In 1655, the Dutch diplomat William de Boreel tried to solve the mystery of who invented the telescope. He had a local magistrate in ...

  9. Timeline of telescope technology - Wikipedia

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    A claim will be made 37 years later by another Dutch spectacle-maker that his father, Zacharias Janssen, invented the telescope. [17] A replica of Galileo's telescope. 1609 — Galileo Galilei makes his own improved version of Lippershey's telescope, calling it a "perspicillum".