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Robert Hooke
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Robert Hooke was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect. He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at m
c. 1680 Portrait of a Mathematician by Mary Beale, of an unknown subject, conjectured to be Hooke or Isaac Barrow
c. 1680 Portrait of a Mathematician by Mary Beale, of an unknown subject, conjectured to be Hooke or Isaac Barrow
1689 portrait of Robert Boyle by Johann Kerseboom, at Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire
1689 portrait of Robert Boyle by Johann Kerseboom, at Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire
Illustration from The posthumous works of Robert Hooke... published in Acta Eruditorum, 1707
Illustration from The posthumous works of Robert Hooke... published in Acta Eruditorum, 1707
Hooke noted the shadows (a and b) cast by both the globe and the rings on each other in this drawing of Saturn.
Hooke noted the shadows (a and b) cast by both the globe and the rings on each other in this drawing of Saturn.
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
Robert Hooke
…used in Boyle's experiments on gas law and also conducted experiments. In 1664, Hooke identified the rotations of Mars and Jupiter. Hooke's 1665 book Micrographia, in which he coined the term cell, encouraged microscopic investigations. Investigating optics – specifically light refraction – Hooke inferred a wave…
Microscope manufactured by Christopher Cock of London for Robert Hooke. Hooke is believed to have used this microscope for the observations that forme
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 louse
Hooke's drawing of a flea
Hooke's drawing of a flea
Hooke was the first to apply the word "cell" to biological objects: Cork.
Hooke was the first to apply the word "cell" to biological objects: Cork.