Robert Hooke Collection

'The Monument of London, 1891. Creator: Henri Lanos
'The Monument of London, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

The College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, 1868, (1897). Creator: Unknown
The College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, 1868, (1897). View of the Royal College of Physicians in the City of London. The Cutlerian Theatre in Warwick Lane was an anatomy theatre designed by Robert

Old Bethlehem Hospital, Moorfields about 1750, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Old Bethlehem Hospital, Moorfields about 1750, (c1872). View of the Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in London dating back to the 13th century

Entrance to the Haberdashers Almshouses in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London, c1830. The almshouses and school in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch

Almshouses in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London, c1720. Artist: Johannes Kip
Almshouses in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch, London, c1720. View from the east of the almshouses and school in Pitfield Street, Shoreditch

The Monument, City of London, c1755 (1903). Artist: Thomas Bowles
The Monument, City of London, c1755 (1903). The Monument comprises a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire

Illustration of Hookes Law on elasticity of materials, showing stretching of a spring, 1678. Robert Hooke (1635-1703), English scientist and inventor, formulated his law in 1676

Universal joint invented by Robert Hooke, 1676. Hooke (1635-1703) devised this joint to allow directional movement of astronomical instruments. From A Description of Helioscopes by Robert Hooke

James Gregory, 17th century Scottish mathematician and astronomer. In 1663 Gregory (1638-1675) published Optica Promota describing his design for a reflecting telescope

Frozen materials viewed by English microscopist Robert Hooke, 1665. Observations of several kinds of frozen figures showing frozen urine (1), snowflakes (2) and ice flakes (4, 5, 6)

Hookes observations of the cellular structure of cork and a sprig of Sensitive Plant, 1665
Hookes observations of the cellular structure of cork and a sprig of Sensible (Sensitive) Plant, 1665. Hooke was the first to use the word cell to describe the honeycomb nature of cork

Hookes microscope with condenser for concentrating light, 1665. From left to right above are his barometer, refractometer for measuring refractive power of liquids, and lens-grinding machine

Illustrations from English microscopist Robert Hookes Micrographia, 1665. 1: underside of a stinging nettle leaf; 2: beard of wild oat used in Hookes hygrometer; 3: section of head of wild oat; 4

Flea, wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect, 1665. The human flea (Pulex irritans) can transmit plague. From Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

Louse clinging to a human hair, 1665
Human Louse, a wingless parasitic insect, 1665. The human louse, a wingless parasitic insect, is now known to be a vector for epidemics of typhus. From Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

Air pump built for Robert Boyle by Robert Hooke, 1660. Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was a physicist and chemist who carried out many experiments on air, vacuum, combustion, and respiration

Grey drone-fly, observation XXXIX from Hookes Micrographia, 1664. Artist: Robert Hooke
Grey drone-fly, observation XXXIX from Hookes Micrographia, 1664. Micrographica contains prints of some of the specimens Hooke viewed under the compound microscope that he designed

Louse clinging to a human hair in Hookes Micrographia, 1665. Robert Hooke was born on the Isle of Wight, and studied at Oxford University

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