Robert hooke microscope book

Micrographia is a historically significant book by robert hooke about his observations through various lenses. In 1665 he inspired the use of microscopes for scientific exploration with his book, micrographia. Micrographia encompassed the first important set of observations using an early microscope equipped with compound magnifying lenses and was illustrated by elaborate drawings his finelydetailed drawing of a flea is famous. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful. Robert hooke, 17th century philosopher scientist, was the first to use the word cell to describe a basic unit of life.

It is particularly notable for being the first book to illustrate insects, plants etc. Micrographia was the first book in english to show observations made under a microscope. Courtesy national museum of health and medicine, armed forces institute of. The books author was a multitalented pioneer named robert hooke. But perhaps his most notable discovery came in 1665 when he looked at a sliver of cork through a microscope lens and discovered cells. Micrographia by robert hooke free ebook project gutenberg. This book, micrographia, was the first important work on microscopy, the study of minute objects through a microscope. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Hooke used a compound microscope because it offered a wider field of. Pdf the incredible, invisible world of robert hooke. In 1665 hooke published micrographia, a book describing observations made with microscopes and telescopes, as well as some original work in biology. 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. Hooke most famously describes a flys eye and a plant cell. Hookes reputation in the history of biology largely rests on his book micrographia, published in 1665.

In his introduction he writes of the role played by. 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. With the publication of this justly successful book hooke initiated the scientific discipline of microscopy. Hooke illustrated the microscope in his micrographia, one of the first detailed treatises on microscopy and imaging. This scholarly tome, by robert hooke, was the first to use the new microscope to investigate the previously invisible. Books by robert hooke national library of medicine.

Replica of a microscope built and used by robert hooke. It recreates these in large, fullpage sometimes foldout illustrations. The most ingenious book that ever i read in my life pepys and. Hookes microscope these two and threelens microscopes were designed and used by robert hooke and made by christopher cock, london, shortly before 1665. It was the one he used for the observations in his landmark bestseller micrographia. Hooke coined the term cell for describing biological organisms, the term being suggested by the resemblance of plant cells to cells of a honeycomb. Books that influenced or were influenced by robert. Only two editions of hookes micrographia were printed in his lifetime, in 1665 and 1667. Microscope manufactured by christopher white of london for robert hooke. What was the book about that robert hooke wrote answers. Hooke observed a wide diversity of organisms including insects, sponges, bryozoans, diatoms. The detail, the meticulous effort, the hundreds of pages of text, amaze to this day. Micrographia by robert hooke, 1665 the british library. Robert hooke july 18, 1635march 3, 1703 was a 17thcentury natural philosopher an early scientistnoted for a variety of observations of the natural world.