Micrographia Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies


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Facsimile-uitgave van de publicatie waarin de Britse natuuronderzoeker Robert Hooke (1635-1702) zijn observaties met de microscoop beschrijft.




Micrographia


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At one time, Hooke was a research assistant to Robert Boyle. He is believed to be one of the greatest inventive geniuses of all time and constructed one of the most famous of the early compound microscopes.




Micrographia


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Micrographia


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The Insect and the Image


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How the picturing of insects inspired new ideas about art, science, nature, and commerce










52 Things You Should Know about Geophysics


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There is something for every subsurface professional in these fifty-two short essays by more than three dozen petroleum geoscientists. The roster includes some of the most prolific geophysicists of our time, as well as some recently qualified scientists. The topics are even more diverse, ranging from anisotropic media to pre-stack interpretation, and from stories of early seismic workstations to career advice for the future.




Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon


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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.




Extracts from Micrographia


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