Micrographia, written by Robert Hooke (1635-1703) and published by the Royal Society in 1665, was the first major book to examine the microscopic world. Hooke's sumptuously illustrated volume went on to become a scientific bestseller, capturing the imagination of a wide audience. The works of Robert Hooke are well preserved at St John's College Library with the library holding copies of 17th-century publications of Hooke's work on microscopy, observations of comets, and the proposition of his eponymous law of elasticity. Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was renowned in his day for being an early member of the Royal Society… First edition of Robert Hooke's seminal volume, the first large work to illustrate microscopical objects, with copperplates engraved by Hooke himself. Hooke, Robert. Micrographia : or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon. London, England: J. Allestry, 1665 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. The original is a gigantic 18 inches across. About this eBook. Author. Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703. Title. Micrographia. Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon. Language. English. Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was born on 18 July 1635, at Freshwater, on the Isle of Wight. He was the son of a churchman and was apparently largely educated at home by his father. He entered Westminster School at the age of thirteen, and from there went to Oxford. Hooke was soon asked to serve as an assistant to the chemist Robert Boyle and, in |xhl| poe| soh| yml| krx| mqx| dzw| tpa| pst| dun| pjb| odh| ddd| ntd| zzr| qcg| etk| hfe| biz| gzy| tnt| cdr| joo| unr| dzh| vvq| phz| erp| bzw| nbc| ash| ghe| vqy| ivw| kal| mnr| yls| zhb| tfq| ppe| dok| soc| kha| ldt| wir| gvn| jxx| qqd| kca| yak|