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First edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, the first large work to illustrate microscopical objects, with copperplates engraved by Hooke himself. All 38 copperplates from the volume are digitized here, with additional item-level description available for each engraving.
Robert Hooke FRS (/ h ʊ k /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) [4] [a] was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. [5] He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, [6] using a compound microscope that he designed. [7]
29 de mar. de 2005 · Ordered, That the Book written by Robert Hooke, M.A. Fellow of this Society, Entituled, Micrographia, or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies, made by Magnifying Glasses, with Observations and Inquiries thereupon, Be printed by John Martyn, and James Allestry, Printers to the said Society. Novem. 23. 1664. BROUNCKER. P.R.S.
16 de dic. de 2021 · Robert Hooke formó parte de esta sociedad durante 40 años, comenzando como ayudante del filósofo, químico, físico e inventor Robert Boyle. El primer trabajo importante que realizó como ayudante de Boyle fue el desarrollo de una bomba de aire que servía para comprimir el aire y producir el vacío.
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703. Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasse: with observations and inquiries thereupon. [London : Printed by Jo.Martyn, and Ja.Allestry, M DC LX V (1665).] Image Courtesy of the Economic Botany Library of Oakes Ames
Robert Hooke published Micrographia, his most famous work, in early 1665, while the Curator at the Royal Society. In it, he describes various man-made and natural objects as seen through a microscope. The picture of the flea shown above is one of his best-known images.
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