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Who invented the first compound microscope?

A
Robert Hook
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Robert Koch
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C
Leeuwenhoek
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D
Z. Janssen
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Solution

The correct option is C Z. Janssen
Zacharias Janssen was the first scientist who is responsible for the invention of the compound microscope. The scientist worked and manufactured the different type of lenses. He made a cylindrical tube-like structure and arranged many different lenses in different orientations within the tube. This led to the formation of the compound microscope which was also known as the telescope.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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