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Dutch spectacle-makers Hans Jansen and his son Zacharias Jansen invent a compound microscope, which uses 2 lens and allows for much higher magnification
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Dutch Republic
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Modern History
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16th Century
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Inventions
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History of Netherlands
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Dutch Republic
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Physics
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1590s
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Optics
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Microscope
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Lens (Optics)
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Zacharias Jansen
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