Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703) English scientist. Title page of a 1745 edition of his work Micrographia, detailing his observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society. Micrographia also describes distant planetary bodies, wave theory of light and the organic origin of fossils.

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Caption: Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703) English scientist. Title page of a 1745 edition of his work Micrographia, detailing his observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society. Micrographia also describes distant planetary bodies, wave theory of light and the organic origin of fossils.

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