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	Restaurata Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Although Micrographia is Hooke's most famous work, partly because of the brilliance of the illustrations and partly because of the extent to which his observations turned out to be so far ahead of their time, it is not necessarily so notable for the ease of access to Hooke's prose.
		This was becoming true only forty years after Hooke's death; Micrographia had become difficult and expensive to obtain, but the illustations were no less significant.
		Thus Micrographia was reissued in 1745 in a condensed form.
	www.rod.beavon.clara.net /rest1.htm (267 words)

	Micrographia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Micrographia is a historical book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then twenty-eight year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses.
		The plates of insects fold out to be larger than the large folio itself, the engraving of the louse in particular folding out to four times the size of the book.
		Although the book is most known for foregrounding the power of the microscope, Micrographia also describes distant planetary bodies, the wave theory of light, the organic origin of fossils, and various other philosophical and scientific interests of its author.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Micrographia (262 words)

	Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership
		Hooke was born on the Isle of Wight to Rev. John Hooke, the minister of the parish.
		He performed his job very well and later was given a lectureship at Gresham College, London, a research scientist position at the Royal Society (he was also named a secretary for the society in 1677), and a post as a surveyor to oversee the reconstruction of London after the great fire of 1666.
		Micrographia was one of the seminal works of science in its day and was the first work to observe minute structures and use those observations to draw larger conclusions about the natural world.
	www.lib.umich.edu /tcp/eebo/Featured/hooke.html (424 words)

	Robert Hooke
		He investigated the colours of membranes and of thin plates of mica, and established the variation of the light pattern with the thickness of the plates.
		Micrographia was a series of observations made with the aid of magnifying lenses; some of these on very small things, some on astronomical bodies.
		Micrographia Restaurata is a condensed version published in 1745; it has briefer explanations, but has all the figures, nearly all of which were printed from Hooke's original plates.
	www.rod.beavon.clara.net /robert_hooke.htm (1403 words)

	Octavo Editions: Hooke Micrographia
		Robert Hooke was still in his twenties when he wrote Micrographia, yet in this prodigious volume revealed the immense potential of a single instrument, the microscope, and the many brilliant speculations of a multi-faceted mind.
		In it we are introduced to the living cell; to microscopic fungi and the life story of the mosquito; we find the two contrasting theories about the origin of the lunar craters posed for the very first time.
		Despite Hooke’s complaint that contemporaries frequently misappropriated his work, his silent adoption of Bartholin’s snowflakes in Micrographia suggests how unstable the concept of intellectual property was in the early modern world as well as the variety of second-hand materials that contributed to the authority of an “objective” scientific investigation.
	www.octavo.com /editions/hkemic/index.html (920 words)

	Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You - Timeline - Robert Hooke
		Micrographia encompassed the first important set of observations using an early microscope equipped with compound magnifying lenses and was illustrated by elaborate drawings (his finely-detailed drawing of a flea is famous).
		Micrographia also included a wave theory of light, which compared the spreading of light vibrations to undulating waves of water.
		Hooke followed the publication with a series of lectures on light to the Royal Society and was first to describe thin film phenomena and the associated periodicity using membranes and thin plates of mica.
	microbackup.magnet.fsu.edu /optics/timeline/people/hooke.html (1432 words)

	1: Int J Neurosci 1994 Jul;77(1-2):77-84 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Micrographia, a common and often early sign of Parkinson's disease (PD), is a sensitive clinical marker of the severity of bradykinesia and rigidity in the disease.
		As micrographia may be reversed by treatment with dopaminergic drugs and may emerge during therapy with neuroleptic agents, it is thought to reflect striatal dopaminergic deficiency.
		In contrast, sham (placebo) MF did not influence the severity of the motor symptoms of the disease or the associated micrographia.
	www.iriscopes.com /parkinsons6.htm (402 words)

	Robert Hooke Summary
		Micrographia also presented the results of his microscopic studies of crystalline solids, including snowflakes.
		In addition to the book Micrographia and Hooke's Law, Hooke invented the anchor escapement and may also have invented the balance spring before Christiaan Huygens.
		In February 2006, a long-lost copy of Hooke's handwritten notes from several decades' Royal Society meetings was discovered in a cupboard in Hampshire, and the balance-spring controversy appears by evidence contained in those notes to be settled in favor of Hooke's claim.
	www.bookrags.com /Robert_Hooke (5815 words)

	The Garden Catalogue Number 26
		Plate 18 from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia — seeds of thyme as viewed with the assistance of a microscope.
		Micrographia was illustrated with many large folding plates of magnified objects, which Hooke used to demonstrate the power of his microscope and its possible role in restoring to contemporary man the perfect sight of Adam.
		In 1662, Hooke was appointed Curator of Experiments by the newly-founded Royal Society, before whom he was soon required to demonstrate a number of microscopical observations.
	www.mhs.ox.ac.uk /gatt/garden/catalog.asp?CN=26 (383 words)

	Virtural Class: Micrographia
		Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon.
		In addition to the contributions Micrographia made in areas of optics, combustion, and geology, in it Hooke also demonstrated the cellular nature of plants and coined the term "cells" to describe the pores that he observed in sections of cork.
		Within the language of Micrographia, a tension persists between the familiar and the new, and a sense of wonderment permeates Hookes' interpretations of what he sees.
	www.library.wisc.edu /libraries/SpecialCollections/hsi350/micro.html (477 words)

	Robert Hooke
		His health deteriorated over the last decade of his life, although one of his biographers wrote that "He was of an active, restless, indefatigable Genius even almost to the last." He died in London on March 3, 1703.
		Micrographia was an accurate and detailed record of his observations, illustrated with magnificent drawings, such as the flea shown below, which Hooke described as "adorn'd with a curiously polish'd suite of sable Armour, neatly jointed.
		These questions of the nature of fossils and the possibility of extinction would continue to challenge natural scientists, from Edward Lhwyd and John Ray down to Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier.
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /history/hooke.html (1223 words)

	Hooke Robert 1635 1703 Extracts from Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hooke Robert 1635 1703 Extracts from Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon.
		Extracts from Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon.
		"Hooke's 'Micrographia' is a remarkable book in several respects, but in none more strikingly so than on account of the explanation which it contains of its author's clear views respecting the theory of combustion"-Editor's pref.
	www.aip.org /history/catalog/books/16008.html (117 words)

	Alibris: Micrographia - 0486495647
		One of the most creative minds in the history of science, Robert Hooke (1635-1703) made the observations and lectures appearing in "Micrographia" under the auspices of England's Royal Society.
		The prime impetus for the spread of microscopy during the eighteenth century, this classic contains a wealth of ideas, inspirations, and insights that convey a unique sense of immediacy and excitement.
		It moves gracefully among its topics, which include the structure of molds, the visual apparatus of the fly, the cellular structure of cork, and the life cycle of the mosquito.
	www.alibris.com /books/isbn/0486495647/Micrographia (168 words)

	Micrographia: A Light Microscopy Resource: Home Page and Site Directory.
		Micrographia is for those who use microscopes in their investigations of the world around them.
		It is for students and teachers of (especially) fresh water biology in their search for creature identification and illustrative material, for both amateur and professional light microscopists seeking to extend the performance of their instruments and to record the images they produce.....
		Micrographia site news, recent and current events in science and microbiology, plus anything else deemed relevant.
	www.micrographia.com (534 words)

	Robert Hooke Biography (Physicist/Inventor) — FactMonster.com
		Micrographia, in which he coined the term "cell" for a basic biological structure.
		A gifted student with a particular talent for mechanics, Hooke was educated at Oxford, where he assisted Robert Boyle and helped him succeed with air pump experiments.
		Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Robert Hooke
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/roberthooke.html (404 words)

	MICROGRAPHIA
		On March 25, 1663 Hooke was entrusted with the writing of the Micrographia.
		Hooke described various microscopes in the Preface of Micrographia.
		Interestingly enough, the Micrographia devotes more space to them than to compound microscopes.
	shl.stanford.edu /Eyes/MICRO_FINI/Hooke/micrographia.htm (225 words)

	Robert Hooke ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Robert Hooke, Micrographia: or some physiological Descriptions of minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.
		Robert Hooke, Scheme IIII [IV], third plate, opposite page 11 in the book, Micrographia: or some physiological Descriptions of minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.
		Robert Hooke, Scheme I, fourth plate, opposite page 18 in the book, Micrographia: or some physiological Descriptions of minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.
	wwar.com /masters/h/hooke-robert.html (1367 words)

	MICROGRAPHIA
		On March 25, 1663 Hooke was entrusted with the writing of the Micrographia.
		Hooke described various microscopes in the Preface of Micrographia.
		In this period, Hooke mainly used compound microscopes.
	shl.stanford.edu:16080 /Eyes/MICRO_FINI/Hooke/micrographia.htm (225 words)

	Picotesla Treatment of Micrographia in Parkinson's Disease. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A neuropsychological study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of low-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in the picotesla (pT) range in reversing micrographia (a tendency to produce small drawings) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
		After treatment with pT-range EMFs, two patients drew larger pictures, indicative of a reversal of PD micrographia.
		Since both patients were maintained on dopaminergic medications prior to and during treatment with EMFs, the author suggested that Parkinsonian micrographia is also related to abnormalities of nondopaminergic systems which are affected by weak EMFs.
	infoventures.com /emf/currlit/bu13312.html (144 words)

	BibliOdyssey: Minute Bodies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sir Isaac Newton, who was mutually despised by Hooke, first wrote "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" as a sarcastic barb in a letter to Hooke, who was short in stature.
		When he published Micrographia in 1665, Samuel Pepys described it as "the most ingenious book I have ever read in my life." Hooke accurately described his observations from use of a compound microscope in it and it was very popular following release.
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	bibliodyssey.blogspot.com /2005/09/minute-bodies.html (265 words)

	Microbe Magazine
		From Hooke's excellent drawing in Micrographia (1665), mycologists identify Hooke's specimen as the microfungus Mucor, the common bread mold (Fig.
		In Micrographia, Hooke illustrated microscopic views of diverse biological objects, including sponges, wood, seaweed, leaf surfaces, hair, peacock feathers, fly wings, eggs of silkworms, mites, a flea, and a louse--as well as that of a mold.
		Moreover, his Micrographia provided the basic model and “trigger” for Leeuwenhoek's subsequent discoveries of other microbes during the the 17th century.
	www.asm.org /news/index.asp?bid=27982 (1972 words)

	Robert Hooke Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
		Scheme XX, nineteenth plate, opposite page 156 in the book, Micrographia: or some physiological Descriptions of minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.
		Scheme XIIII [XIV], fifteenth plate, opposite page 141 in the book, Micrographia: or some physiological Descriptions of minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.
		Scheme X, tenth plate, opposite page 107 in the book, Micrographia: or some physiological Descriptions of minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.
	www.absolutearts.com /masters/h/hooke-robert.html (993 words)

	Real Cool Time: Micrographia And Mank - Free MP3s Galore ::
		I'm happy to say that something good is happening in the area at the moment though.
		I've been particularly found of the 1st Micrographia mini-LP/demo since hearing it last year.
		On revisiting their site, they now have another mini-LP/demo called Everything Will Turn To Heat, both of which are free to download at 192kbps MP3.
	realcooltime.com /2006/04/micrographia-and-mank-free-mp3s-galore.shtml (486 words)

	Adaptation of handwriting size under distorted visual feedback in patients with Parkinson's disease and elderly and ...
		on the underlying causes of micrographia in Parkinson's disease.
		Micrographia in Parkinson's disease: the effect of providing external cues.
		Agraphia and micrographia: clinical manifestations of motor programming and performance disorders.
	jnnp.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/72/3/315 (5058 words)

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		Contrary to the prevailing popular, religious and scientific ideas of the time, Hooke firmly believed "That these figured Bodies dispersed over the World, are either the Beings themselves petrif'd, or the Impressions made by those Beings.
		Hooke suggested a wave theory of light in his Micrographia (1665), comparing the spreading of light vibrations to that of waves in water.
		Robert Hooke published Micrographia, a collection of diverse essays dealing with the microscopic structure of familiar substances, among which the cellular structure of cork is fully described and illustrated.
	www.lycos.com /info/robert-hooke--micrographia.html (478 words)

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