early days of microscopy

Question 1

aristophanes

Answer 1

play “clouds” 424 BC uses burning lenses - convex- as a plot device

Question 2

pliny

Answer 2

physicians in Rome used burning lenses to create burns

globe filled with water can magnify small objects

Question 3

Alhazen

Answer 3

Ibn al-Haitham 962-1038
transparent sphere can produce an enlarged image but no use suggested
- lens of eye produces image on retina

Question 4

Robert Grosseteste and roger bacon

Answer 4

describe what appear to be telescopes

bacon: eyeglasses, burning lessons and magnifiers