c. 1670
Science
Netherlands
Microbial life observed
Van Leeuwenhoek's single-lens lenses revealed animalcules in water.
Why it mattered
Opened the invisible living world.
Renaissance
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Van Leeuwenhoek's single-lens lenses revealed animalcules in water.
Why it mattered
Opened the invisible living world.
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