
Sujet
Louse clinging to a human hair in Hooke's Micrographia, 1665 Artist: Unknown
Légende
Louse clinging to a human hair in Hooke's Micrographia, 1665. Robert Hooke was born on the Isle of Wight, and studied at Oxford University. It was whilst at Oxford that he met Robert Boyle, and assisted him in the construction of an air pump. In 1660 he moved to London and two years later became one of the founder members of the Royal Society, at which he held the post of Curator of Experiments. Micrographia was published in 1665 and contains prints of some of the specimens Hooke viewed under the compound microscope that he designed.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1665
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_359
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,2Mo (3,5Mo) / 24,5cm x 41,2cm / 2888 x 4863 (300dpi)