Zaccharias Janssen was a scientist who studied properties of light and invented one of the first compound microscopes in the late 1500s. Which property did Janssen most likely believe about light during the time of his invention?

a. Light bends around objects.

b. Light bounces off surfaces.

c. Light travels in a curved path.

d. Light is made up of waves.

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Skyler Randolph

Chemistry

22 January, 08:26

Zaccharias Janssen was a scientist who studied properties of light and invented one of the first compound microscopes in the late 1500s. Which property did Janssen most likely believe about light during the time of his invention?

a. Light bends around objects.

b. Light bounces off surfaces.

c. Light travels in a curved path.

d. Light is made up of waves.

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Slade Dyer · Answer 1

Answer : Option B) Light bounces off Surfaces.

Explanation : Zaccharias Janssen a scientist who was a spectacle maker, is considered to be the founder of a compound microscope; believed that the ray of light when focused on a reflecting surface bounces back. This was the main property of light which he discovered and which led him to a new innovation.

Evie Salinas · Answer 2

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "b. Light bounces off surfaces." Zaccharias Janssen was a scientist who studied properties of light and invented one of the first compound microscopes in the late 1500s.