Using Microscopes
00:00 - 05:59
5m 59s
Beakman explains what a microscope does and then dresses up like Zacharias Janssen, the compound microscope inventor. He shows how Leewenhoek basically created a magnifying glass but Janssen expanded upon it by adding the second lense to make a compound microscope. Beakman then shows a variety of slide samples under the microscope and explains it's an important scientific tool.

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