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The first microscope was used to inspect a potato chip. Science demanded crisp data.

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There is no record of the first microscope inspecting a potato chip. Early microscopes were used on objects such as fleas, plant tissue, and pond water, as in Hooke and van Leeuwenhoek's work.

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