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Robert Hooke : Cometa

"Foremost among ... [John Flamsteed's] critics was ... [Robert] Hooke, whose Cometa Flamsteed read with disdain ... [suggesting] that Hooke's prescriptions for astronomical practice rested on false [ie supposedly philosophical] grounds."

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: John Flamsteed      Print: Book

Robert Hooke : Micrographia [?]

'Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr Hooke's "Microscopicall Observacions", the most ingenious book that I ever read in my life.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

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