What was Robert Hooke's?

Answer 1

Robert Hooke, British philosopher and scientist, was born in 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, UK. His father was churchman John Hooke, who apparently was the head of a local school. There does not appear to be any record of Robert's early school years; maybe he was educated at home and at his father's school. His father died in 1648, and Robert, aged 13, used his inheritance to buy a painting (art) apprenticeship at Westminster School, London, under a Dr Busby. Robert took a serious interest in Latin, Greek and Hebrew and studied classical mathematical works. He also studied mechanics. In 1653, Hooke, by now also having an interest in playing the organ, gained a place as a chorister at Christ Church, Oxford University. At Oxford he met philosopher and scientist Robert Boyle, and worked as his assistant from about 1655 to 1662. In due course Robert gained his Master of Arts degree in about 1662 or 1663. Meanwhile he was teaching himself many things and was publishing his scientific and mechanical findings, inventions and theories in scientific journals and papers. For more information, see Related links below this box.

Answer 2

· 1665: Founded the field of Microscopic Biology through his published work - "Micrographia".

· The Cell: first person to coin the word 'cell' to describe the tiniest components of living systems - plants!

· Air Pump: designed and built the air pump used by Robert Boyle in his experiments on the effects of reduced gas pressures.

· The Spring: defined Hooke's Law - a property pertaining to the action of springs.

· Extinction: Two Hundred and Fifty years before Darwin, he realized the true nature of fossils. He realized they were dead creatures from pre-history and postulated that some species had probably already died out. Realization stemmed from his microscopical study of fossils.

· Microscope: devised one of the best microscopes of his time - the world's first compound microscope complete with iris diaphragm and illumination.

· Joint: invented the Universal Joint! Yay!

· Iris: Invented the iris diaphragm

· Respirator: constructed the first prototype of a respirator.

· Elasticity: formulated the correct theory of elasticity, stating that an elastic body stretches in proportion to the force that acts upon it.

· Jupiter: discovered the red spot of Jupiter and first person to report the rotation of this giant planet.

· Light: first to realize and the wave properties of light.

· Telegraphy: invented a method of telegraphy based on telescopes and proportional signs in the 17th century!

· Underwater: invented a diving bell.

· Zero: established the thermo-metrical zero at the freezing point of water and created 5 weather monitoring instruments.

· Planetary motion: formulated the theory of planetary motion as a problem in mechanics, and demonstrated - for the first time - the elliptical paths of planets in their orbits around the sun.

Answer 3

Robert Hooke did not make any thing but in 1665 he recorded an observation of cork cells.

Answer 4

Robert Hooke discovered cells by looking at a piece of cork trough a microscope.

Answer 5

He made the gregorian telescope