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Early microscopes offered sharp vision

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Images from the first microscopes were clearer than was once believed.

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 at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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  1. Ford, B. Microsc. Anal. (in the press).

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Ball, P. Early microscopes offered sharp vision. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.116

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