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

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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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