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2002.7.Hooke & Pepys.Robert Hooke's sensational book'Micrographia'was published in 1665.He made drawings which were turned into engravings of what he could see down a microscope he had made himself.Samuel Pepys bought a copy and said it was the most ingenious book he had ever read in his life.The most famous image from the book is probably Hooke's drawing of the flea.Oil on board by Rita Greer. Charles Ii Of England, Robert Hooke, Protestant Reformation, Age Of Enlightenment, Astronomy Science, How To Make Drawing, Royal House, Oxford University, Book Authors

2002.7.Hooke & Pepys.Robert Hooke's sensational book'Micrographia'was published in 1665.He made drawings which were turned into engravings of what he could see down a microscope he had made himself.Samuel Pepys bought a copy and said it was the most ingenious book he had ever read in his life.The most famous image from the book is probably Hooke's drawing of the flea.Oil on board by Rita Greer.

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