The first powerful, single lens microscope was invented by ___.

Robert Hooke

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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

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Lavoisier

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Matthias Schleiden

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The correct option is B Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Microscope is an instrument used to observe objects which are otherwise very small to observe with naked eyes. In 1674, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek built a single lens powerful microscope, which could magnify an object 300 times its original size.

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