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| 1619 || Technology development || Earliest recorded description of a {{w|compound microscope}} by Dutch inventor {{w|Cornelius Drebbel}}, presented in {{w|London}}. The instrument ia about eighteen inches long, two inches in diameter, and supported on 3 brass dolphins.<ref>Jerome Ch'en, {{w|Nicholas Tarling}}, Studies in the Social History of China and South-East Asia: Essays in Memory of Victor Purcell, Cambridge University Press, Jun 10, 2010, page 215</ref><ref name="The Origins of the Telescope">{{cite book|author1=Albert Van Helden|author2=Sven Dupré|author3=Rob van Gent|title=The Origins of the Telescope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XguxYlYd-9EC&pg=PA24|year=2010|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=978-90-6984-615-6|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCSdiZcsWNsC&pg=PA5&dq=%22Cornelis+Drebbel%22+microscope#PPP1,M1 |title=The Microscope – Its Design, Construction and Applications by F. S. Spiers |publisher=Books.google.be |date= 2008-11-30|accessdate=2010-08-06|isbn=978-1-4437-2594-1}}</ref> ||
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| 1624 || Technology development || A {{w|compound microscope}} is exhibited in {{w|Rome}}.<ref name="Raymond J. Seeger 2016, page 24">Raymond J. Seeger, Men of Physics: Galileo Galilei, His Life and His Works, Elsevier - 2016, page 24</ref><ref name="J. William Rosenthal 1996, page 391">J. William Rosenthal, Spectacles and Other Vision Aids: A History and Guide to Collecting, Norman Publishing, 1996, page 391</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
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| 1625 || Literature (book) || Italian scientist {{w|Federico Cesi}} publishes his ''{{w|Apiarium}}'', perhaps the first scientific work to which the microscope is applied systematically.<ref name="Galileo Engineer">{{cite book |last1=Valleriani |first1=Matteo |title=Galileo Engineer |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=8IF6pZphWO4C&pg=PA57&dq=1625+Giovanni+Faber&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjeh-7Os5bgAhXlGbkGHeCWAXAQ6AEIQTAE#v=onepage&q=1625%20Giovanni%20Faber&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
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| 1972 || Technology development || English engineer {{w|Godfrey Hounsfield}} and South African physicist {{w|Allan Cormack}} develop the [[w:CT scan|computerized axial tomography]] (CAT) scanner (later known as {{w|CT scan}}). With the help of a computer, the device combines many {{w|X-ray}} images to generate cross-sectional views as well as three-dimensional images of internal organs and structures.<ref name="History of Microscopes"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Godfrey Hounsfield |url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/godfrey-hounsfield |website=radiopaedia.org |accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=An Introduction to Medical Physics |edition=Muhammad Maqbool |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=5yc-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA224&dq=1972+%7C%7C+%7C%7C+English+engineer+%7B%7Bw%7CGodfrey+Hounsfield%7D%7D+and+South+African+physicist+%7B%7Bw%7CAllan+Cormack%7D%7D&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdkuaE-pXgAhVO1VkKHVXjAZsQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=1972%20%7C%7C%20%7C%7C%20English%20engineer%20%7B%7Bw%7CGodfrey%20Hounsfield%7D%7D%20and%20South%20African%20physicist%20%7B%7Bw%7CAllan%20Cormack%7D%7D&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Research Developments in Computer Vision and Image Processing: Methodologies and Applications: Methodologies and Applications |edition=Srivastava, Rajeev |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=YOOWBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA240&dq=1972+%7C%7C+%7C%7C+English+engineer+%7B%7Bw%7CGodfrey+Hounsfield%7D%7D+and+South+African+physicist+%7B%7Bw%7CAllan+Cormack%7D%7D&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjdkuaE-pXgAhVO1VkKHVXjAZsQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=1972%20%7C%7C%20%7C%7C%20English%20engineer%20%7B%7Bw%7CGodfrey%20Hounsfield%7D%7D%20and%20South%20African%20physicist%20%7B%7Bw%7CAllan%20Cormack%7D%7D&f=false}}</ref> ||
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| 1974 || Technology development || R. A. Lemons and C. F. Quate at the Microwave Laboratory of {{w|Stanford University}} develop the first {{w|scanning acoustic microscope}}.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lemons R. A. |author2=Quate C. F. | year = 1974 | title = Acoustic microscope—scanning version | url = | journal = Appl. Phys. Lett. | volume = 24 | issue = | pages = 163–165 |doi = 10.1063/1.1655136 }}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1975 || Organization || The {{w|Microscopical Society of Ireland}} is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://microscopy.ie/history.php |website=microscopy.ie |accessdate=30 January 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ireland}}