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.
Gnat
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A gnat is any of many species of tiny flying insects in the dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae. Most often they fly in large numb
Micrographia
…of a louse Hooke's drawing of a flea Hooke's microscope Hooke was the first to apply the word "cell" to biological objects: Cork. Hooke's drawing of a gnat Hooke's drawing of a grey dronefly Hooke's drawing of a blue fly Reception Published under the aegis of the Royal Society, the popularity of the book…
Gnat from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, 1665
A female black fungus gnat