"By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding."

🔬 Ingenious English scientist, architect, and polymath #RobertHooke passed away #OTD 3 March 1703. #Science #Architecture

We attended a birthday celebration of Robert Hooke at St Mary Magdalene Church in Willen. We learnt about the architect of the very church & 'the father of ancient geology and cosmic evolution'. Read the fascinating story: camphillmk.co.uk/a-birthday-b...

#CamphillMK #Willen #RobertHooke

“The #Science of #Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things.”

🔬 #RobertHooke, English polymath, was #BOTD 18 July 1635.

#Microscope manufactured by #ChristopherCock of #London #UK for #RobertHooke. #Photographed at Billings Microscope Collection, #National #Museum of #Health and #Medicine
#Science

Today is the anniversary of the day that #RobertHooke died. Legend.

He describes fly feet as ‘the most admirable and curious contrivance’ With ‘handsomely shaped’ talons #flies #micrographia #nature #diptera #tarsus #claws #talons @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social

"By the help of microscopes, there is nothing so small, as to escape our inquiry; hence there is a new visible world discovered to the understanding."

🔬 Ingenious English scientist, architect, and polymath #RobertHooke passed away #OTD 3 March 1703. #Science #Architecture

THE FIRST MICROSCOPE VIEWS
Reconstructing the original #microscope observations of #roberthooke and #leeuwenhoek is revealing how modern science began: brianjford.com/M&A2024b.pdf