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Question:

Who invented the electron microscope?

Edison

Janssen

Landsteiner

Knoll and Ruska

Solution:

The electron microscope was designed by Knoll and Ruska of Germany in 1932, Marton of Belgium in 1934 and Priebus and Miller of Canada in 1934. It has a very high resolving power. Siemens produced the first commercial transmission electron microscope. The present limit of resolution of the electron microscope is about 3Å.