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Microscope
The history and uses of the modern microscope
Telescope
The first telescope was invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th Century
The Sextant
A sextant is a measurement tool
The Fruit Fly
Why was the common fruit fly key to the study of DNA?
The Thermometer
A tool used by chemists, cooks and doctors - the thermometer
The Needle
An instrument designed to help but feared by many
The Barometer
An examination of a tool most vital to meteorology - the barometer
Scales
A tool vital to commerce and science laboratories - balances and scales
X-Rays
The oldest surviving X-ray equipment was made in 1896 by Dr John Reynolds
