Micrographia
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Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his obs
Microscope manufactured by Christopher Cock of London for Robert Hooke. Hooke is believed to have used this microscope for the observations that formed the basis of Micrographia. (M-030 00276) Courtesy - Billings Microscope Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Maryland.
Hooke's drawing of a louse
Hooke's drawing of a flea
Hooke was the first to apply the word "cell" to biological objects: Cork.
Microscope
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A microscope is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microsco
Micrographia
…spectacular copperplate of the miniature world, particularly its fold-out plates of insects, the text itself reinforces the tremendous power of the new microscope. The plates of insects fold out to be larger than the large folio itself, the engraving of the louse in particular folding out to four times the size…
Ukrainian microscope
18th-century microscopes from the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris
A stand microscope created by Joseph Gutteridge in the 1860s, held in the collection of the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
Carl Zeiss binocular compound microscope, 1914