Chances are that microscopes have played an important role in promoting your health. Since their invention about 400 years ago, microscopes have helped us to learn about the tiny germs all around and inside us, and have helped to deal … Read more →
Opening this Saturday, April 23, The Corning Museum of Glass will present Revealing the Invisible: The History of Glass and the Microscope, tracing the invention and evolution of the microscope from the 17th century through the early 20th century, revealing … Read more →
As the Museum’s first curator of science and technology, I’m looking forward to sharing more about the science and innovation of glass. The Museum’s Innovation Center displays hundreds of objects that show how glass has been used to explore our … Read more →
Early use of the microscope was plagued by several issues, especially the artisanal and imprecise nature of lens grinding. There was no scientific means of producing and evaluating lenses until Ernst Abbe (1840-1906) developed them in the 1870s. Thus, lens … Read more →