Author: Robert HookePublisher:
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Category : Comets
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke, M.D.S.R.S. Geom. Prof. Gresh. &c
Author: Robert HookeThe Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke, ... Containing His Cutlerian Lectures, and Other Discourses, Read at the Meetings of the Illustrious Royal Society. ... Illustrated with Sculptures. To These Discourses is Prefixt the Author's Life, ... Publish'd by Richard Waller
Author: Robert HookePublisher:
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Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Robert Hooke
Author: Margaret 'EspinassePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Hooke, Robert.
The posthumous works of Robert Hooke ... containing his Cutlerian lectures, and other discourses, read at the meetings of the illustrious Royal Society ... Illustrated with sculptures. To these discourses is prefixt the author's life, giving an account of his studies and employments, with an enumeration of the many experiments, instruments, contrivances and inventions, by him made and produc'd as Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society
Author: Robert HookePublisher:
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Category : Physical sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 449
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The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke
Author: Robert HookePublisher:
ISBN: 9781315032559
Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke Containing His Cutlerian Lectures, and Other Discourses, Read at the Meetings of the Illustrious Royal Society
Author: Robert HookeThe Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke
Author: England's Leonardo
Author: Allan ChapmanPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781420034370
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combustion, that his Micrographia was the first book on microscopy, that his astronomical observations were some of the best seen at the time, that he contributed to the knowledge of respiration, insect flight and the properties of gases, that his work on gravitation preceded that of Newton's, that he invented the universal joint, and that he was an architect of distinction and a surveyor for the City of London after the Great Fire. England's Leonardo is a biography of Hooke covering all aspects of his work, from his early life on the Isle of Wight through his time at Oxford University, where he became part of a group who would form the original Fellowship of the Royal Society. The author adopts a novel approach at this stage, dividing the book by chapter according to the fields of research-Physiology, Engineering, Microscopy, Astronomy, Geology, and Optics-in which Hooke applied himself. The book concludes with a chapter considering the legacy of Hooke and his impact on science.
Robert Hooke
Author: Michael HunterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351902806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. Long overshadowed by such eminent contemporaries as Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren, Hooke's own seminal contributions to science, architecture and technology are now being acclaimed in their own right. Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society when it was chartered in 1662 and author of the famous Micrographia (1665), Hooke also showed unparalleled ingenuity in designing machines and instruments, and played a crucial role as Surveyor to the City of London after the Great Fire. This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Hooke, bringing together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life, thought and artistry. Its sections deal with Hooke's life and reputation; his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy, and to speculative natural philosophy; the instruments that he designed; and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu, while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography. In all, it will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in a figure whose complexity and importance are becoming clear after centuries of neglect.
Newton
Author: Rob IliffePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199298033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Newton's contributions to an understanding of the heavens and the earth are considered to be unparalleled. This very short introduction explains his scientific theories, and uses Newton's unpublished writings to paint a picture of an extremely complex man whose beliefs had a huge impact on Europe's political, intellectual, and religious landscape.