A look at the most important scientific tools in history
World Service,Β·9 episodes
The history and uses of the modern microscope
The first telescope was invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th Century
A sextant is a measurement tool
Why was the common fruit fly key to the study of DNA?
A tool used by chemists, cooks and doctors - the thermometer
An instrument designed to help but feared by many
An examination of a tool most vital to meteorology - the barometer
A tool vital to commerce and science laboratories - balances and scales
The oldest surviving X-ray equipment was made in 1896 by Dr John Reynolds
