Robert hooke microscope book

Micrographia was the first book in english to show observations made under a microscope. Our microscope will easily inform us, that the whole mass consists of an infinite company of small boxes or bladders of air, which is a substance of a springy nature. In 1665 hooke published micrographia, a book describing observations made with microscopes and telescopes, as well as some original work in biology. With the publication of this justly successful book hooke initiated the scientific discipline of microscopy. Hookes reputation in the history of biology largely rests on his book micrographia, published in 1665. Micrographia by robert hooke, 1665 the british library. The most ingenious book that ever i read in my life pepys and. Micrographia by robert hooke free ebook project gutenberg.

In 1665 he inspired the use of microscopes for scientific exploration with his book, micrographia. It recreates these in large, fullpage sometimes foldout illustrations. Books by robert hooke national library of medicine. Courtesy national museum of health and medicine, armed forces institute of. Robert hooke july 18, 1635march 3, 1703 was a 17thcentury natural philosopher an early scientistnoted for a variety of observations of the natural world.

Robert hooke, 17th century philosopher scientist, was the first to use the word cell to describe a basic unit of life. But perhaps his most notable discovery came in 1665 when he looked at a sliver of cork through a microscope lens and discovered cells. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Hooke built a compound microscope with a new, screwoperated focusing mechanism he had designed. Hookes microscope this beautiful microscope was made for the famous british scientist robert hooke in the late 1600s, and was one of the most elegant microscopes built during the period. Hooke had opened the eyes of scientists and the public to a realm where the future of science would be found. What was the book about that robert hooke wrote answers. Replica of a microscope built and used by robert hooke. Robert hookes micrographia opened up a whole new world of. The large more than two feet square drawings are staggering.

This scholarly tome, by robert hooke, was the first to use the new microscope to investigate the previously invisible. The detail, the meticulous effort, the hundreds of pages of text, amaze to this day. Although the book is best known for demonstrating the power of the microscope, micrographia also describes the wave theory of light. Pdf the incredible, invisible world of robert hooke. Hooke observed a wide diversity of organisms including insects, sponges, bryozoans, diatoms. Microscope manufactured by christopher white of london for robert hooke. Robert hooke is known as a renaissance man of 17th century england for his work in the sciences, which covered areas such as astronomy, physics and biology.

The book was a showcase for hooke s particular talents his understanding of nature and light, his highly developed skills in designing and constructing scientific instruments, and his skills as an artist. It was the one he used for the observations in his landmark bestseller micrographia. It is particularly notable for being the first book to illustrate insects, plants etc. Books that influenced or were influenced by robert.