. Biology and its makers. Biology. INTRODUCTION OF THE MICROSCOPE 55 scopic observation did not produce its great results until the nineteenth century, just after magnifying-lenscs had been greatly improved. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), of London, published in 1665 a book of observations with the microscope entitled Micro- graphia, which was embellished with eighty-three plates of figures. Hooke was a man of fine mental endowment, who had received a good scientific training at the University of Cambridge, but who lacked fixedness of purpose in the employment of his talents. He did good work in ma
. Biology and its makers. Biology. INTRODUCTION OF THE MICROSCOPE 55 scopic observation did not produce its great results until the nineteenth century, just after magnifying-lenscs had been greatly improved. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), of London, published in 1665 a book of observations with the microscope entitled Micro- graphia, which was embellished with eighty-three plates of figures. Hooke was a man of fine mental endowment, who had received a good scientific training at the University of Cambridge, but who lacked fixedness of purpose in the employment of his talents. He did good work in math- ematics, made many models for experimenting with flying machines, and claimed to have discovered gravitation before. Fig. 12.—Hooke's Microscope, 1665. From Carpenter's The Microscope and Its Revelations. P. Blakiston's Sons & Co. Permission of. 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 and company
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