Stuart

Inventions

Work improving lens for spectacles led to the invention of the microscope. Early microscopes did not have much power of magnification and were a bit fuzzy.

There was great interest in science after the restoration of Charles II to the throne.

The king was a keen scientist and founded the Royal Society to exchange and discuss ideas and knowledge.

But interest in science was either a hobby for the rich or a scientis had to find himself a rich patron (someone who would pay for him to experiment).

How does this early microscope differ from those we have today?

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