The earliest microscopes shed light on a once-invisible world. But, Patricia Fara explains, microscopists were uncertain about how well the images reflected reality — just as they are today.

For roughly 400 years, microscopes have allowed us to observe increasingly smaller details. Today's most advanced instruments ...

The first microscopes were a lot better than they are usually given credit for. That's the claim of microscopist Brian Ford, a specialist in the history and development of these instruments based ...

The museum has a magnificent collection of microscopes including some fine examples of early compound microscopes such as this one made by John Marshall, one of the leading optical instrument ...

Early microscopes used an illumination system comprising sunlight that was collected and reflected onto the sample by a mirror. Today, most microscopes use artificial light sources such as light bulbs ...

Super microscope shows nanoscale biological process for the first time. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241111123408.htm ...