In hopes of seeing why a peppercorn tastes peppery, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723 ... then enhanced the plants’ parts with color. Some of the parts are both factories and silos, containing ...

In the 17th century, a Dutch merchant named Antony van Leeuwenhoek began experimenting with making ... Astronomers can deploy these rulers to more precisely measure the color of light coming from ...

Late 1600s – Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek constructed a microscope with a single spherical lens. It magnified up to ×275. 1800s - the optical quality of lenses increased and the ...