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illustration of Robert Hooke's law of elasticity of materials
Robert Hooke's Discovery: The Microscopic World of Cells
Collage of vintage microscope illustrations, labeled parts, and early cell drawings, referencing Robert Hooke and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's contributions to microscopy.
Robert Hooke's drawings drawing of a female gnat by Robert Hooke engraving of a universal joint invented by Robert Hooke to allow directional movement of astronomical instruments
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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Robert Hooke's Discovery: The Microscopic World of Cells
This was a game-changer.
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How the Invention of the Microscope Changed the World
Before the microscope, we had no idea the world was made up of cells.
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illustration of Robert Hooke's law of elasticity of materials
Illustration of Hooke's law of elasticity of materials, showing the stretching of...
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Robert Hooke's drawings
Robert Hooke's drawings of the cellular structure of cork and a sprig of sensitive...
From Micrographia, by Robert Hooke, 1665
drawing of a female gnat by Robert Hooke
Drawing of a female gnat by Robert Hooke, from Micrographia (1665).
From Micrographia, by Robert Hooke, 1665
engraving of a universal joint invented by Robert Hooke to allow directional movement of astronomical instruments
Engraving of a universal joint invented by Robert Hooke to allow directional movement...
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