Taffeta silk as seen under a microscope, from an illustration in Robert Hooke's "Micrographia," published in 1665. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), among many achievements, coined the biological term cell and wrote the book "Micrographia," detailing his observat

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Taffeta silk as seen under a microscope, from an illustration in Robert Hooke's "Micrographia," published in 1665. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), among many achievements, coined the biological term cell and wrote the book "Micrographia," detailing his observations through his microscope.

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