Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Research Paper

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek was born on October 24, 1632, Delft Netherlands. Antonie Leeuwenhoek father was a basket maker while his mother was a brewer. Antonie was educated in school in the town of Warmond. When he was a young boy he lost his biological father. Soon after, his mom married a painter named Jacob Jansz Molijn.

The stepfather Jacob Molijn died in 1648. Atonie went to Amsterdam to become an apprentice to a linen draper. He also lived with his uncle at Benthuizen. Antonie created a business as a draper or fabric merchant after working as a Surveyor, a wine assayer, and as a minor city official. In 1676 he served as Trustee of the estate of bankrupt Jan Vermeer a famous painter. Antonie and Jan Vermeer were born the same year and were friends. In late 1667 Antonie learned how to grind lenses, make simple hand held microscopes and began to study them.

Antonie is known for making over 500 microscopes back in his day but only 10 survived today. They were all mostly basic ones with a powerful glass mounted in a tiny hole. They are definitely not like
The microscopes would not magnify the object. Anyone with poor eyesight or had glasses couldn't see clearly into the scope. Once Antonie learned to build microscopes, he created 200 microscopes which proved that just about anyone could build one. Also, he got very curious about items that could be used under the microscopes and learned almost anything could be placed under his lenses.

Antone's coordinated eyesight and special lighting where he worked. This enable him to create microscopes that magnified 200 times better than any other colleges could create. In 1673, Antonie began writing letters to the newly-formed Royal Society of London, describing what he had seen with his microscopes. The first letter contained observations and drawings on the stings of bees. From then on for fifty years they communicated between one