. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. ?3& BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS As long ago as 1665 Robert Hooke, the great English microscopist, observed the cellular construction of cork, and described it as made up of " little boxes or cells distinguished from one ; He made sketches of the appearance of this plant tissue; and, inasmuch as the drawings of Hooke are the earliest ones made of cells, they possess especial in-. Fig. 72.—The Earliest Known Picture of Cells from Hooke's Micrographia (1665). From the edition of 1780. terest and consequently are reproduced here. Fig.
. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. ?3& BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS As long ago as 1665 Robert Hooke, the great English microscopist, observed the cellular construction of cork, and described it as made up of " little boxes or cells distinguished from one ; He made sketches of the appearance of this plant tissue; and, inasmuch as the drawings of Hooke are the earliest ones made of cells, they possess especial in-. Fig. 72.—The Earliest Known Picture of Cells from Hooke's Micrographia (1665). From the edition of 1780. terest and consequently are reproduced here. Fig. 72, taken from the Micrographia, shows this earliest drawing of Hooke. He made thin sections with a sharp penknife; "and upon examination they were found to be all cellular or porous in the manner of a honeycomb, but not so ; We must not completely overlook the fact that Aristotle (384-322 ) and Galen (130-200 ), those profound thinkers on anatomical structure, had reached the theoretical position ''that animals and plants, complex as they may. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York, H. Holt
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