Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Was a Dutch Tradesman and Scientist Who

question 9

Multiple Choice

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch tradesman and scientist who is famous for all but one of the following.Which is the exception?

• A)He thought that animals were able to arise spontaneously from inorganic sources.
• B)He was skilled at grinding glass and made improvements in the microscope.
• C)He was the first to see living organisms in a drop of water.
• D)He invented the microscope.
• E)He called the organisms that he saw in a drop of water "wee animals."

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