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This larger microscope contains 28 pieces and allows the viewer the ability to see everyday objects in great detail and also includes material for users to undertake experiments and observe them under the microscope.
- Ages 8+
- 30 piece set
- 100x, 400x and 1200x magnification
- Size: 230 x 130 x 85 mm
WARNING: Contains button or coin cell battery.
WARNING: This kit contains parts and materials with sharp edges, and chemicals that could be harmful if misused (Eosin Biological Dye and Gum media).
The first microscope to be developed was the optical microscope. Evidence points to the first microscope appearing in the Netherlands in the late 1590s, and was probably an invention of eyeglass makers Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen. There are other claims that the microscope and telescope were both invented by Roger Bacon in the 1200s, however this theory has insufficient proof to back it up. Giovanni Faber coined the name “microscope” for Galileo Galilei’s compound microscope in 1625. Galileo himself had called it the “occhiolino”, or “little eye”.
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