simple microscope
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In 1658 by means of a simple microscope Athanasius Kircher of Fulda, Germany, saw "worms" in the blood of people stricken with Black Plague.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a table in the middle of the room where he sat to look at his specimens through a magnifying glass or simple microscope, and to read his scientific papers.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
I do not know who does the Botany; Owen does the Zoology, and I have sent him an account of my new simple microscope, which I consider perfect, even better than yours by Chevalier.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Besides making these discoveries, he greatly improved the microscope and the telescope, and invented a simple microscope made of a globule of glass.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
In one of his letters he speaks on this point, and remarks that he suspects the work of a man who never uses the simple microscope.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
