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Robert Hooke: Of a Flea  wikidata:Q23014037 reasonator:Q23014037
Author
Robert Hooke  (1635–1703) wikidata:Q46830 s:en:Author:Robert Hooke q:en:Robert Hooke
 
Robert Hooke
Alternative names
Hooke
Description British architect, astronomer, physicist, diarist, university teacher and philosopher
Date of birth/death 18 July 1635 (in Julian calendar) Edit this at Wikidata 3 March 1703 (in Julian calendar) Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Freshwater Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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Oxford; Epsom; London (1666) Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
MICROGRAPHIA or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon.
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Description
Schem. XXXIV - Of a Flea. An illustration of a flea.
Language English Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1665 Edit this at Wikidata
Publication date 1665 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium Ink on paper
institution QS:P195,Q666063
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current00:23, 13 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:23, 13 February 20171,992 × 1,494 (1.28 MB)David Levy (talk | contribs)higher quality
16:00, 22 March 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:00, 22 March 20161,901 × 1,452 (2.23 MB)Jason.nlw (talk | contribs)slight crop of visible black line at bottom and right of image
12:59, 17 November 2015Thumbnail for version as of 12:59, 17 November 20151,903 × 1,453 (2.98 MB)Jason.nlw (talk | contribs)cropped and cleaned edges
11:44, 10 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 11:44, 10 September 20151,912 × 1,459 (2.21 MB)Jason.nlw (talk | contribs)Higher resolution full colour version
13:38, 23 April 2005Thumbnail for version as of 13:38, 23 April 2005799 × 583 (105 KB)Muriel Gottrop~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Greyscale picture of Robert Hooke's drawing of a flea in his Micrographia. '''Source''': http://www.nmm.ac.uk/uploads//jpg/flea.jpg {{PD}} Category:Siphonaptera

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