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    Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically...
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    Micrographia is an acquired disorder characterized by abnormally small, cramped handwriting. It is commonly associated with neurodegenerative disorders...
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    depicted in Micrographia The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, which can be found to be described in his book Micrographia. In this book...
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    Hooke identified the rotations of Mars and Jupiter. Hooke's 1665 book Micrographia, in which he coined the term cell, encouraged microscopic investigations...
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    drops and describe experiments performed. Among these publications was Micrographia of 1665 by Robert Hooke, who later would discover Hooke's Law. His publication...
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    Gnat from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, 1665...
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    Schröter (1791), extending its previous use with volcanoes. Robert Hooke in Micrographia (1665) proposed two hypotheses for lunar crater formation: one, that...
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    the term cell (from Latin cellula, meaning "small room") in his book Micrographia (1665). 1839: Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden elucidated...
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    to Micrographia (1665) «I have, by the help of a distended wire, propagated the sound to a very considerable distance in an instant». Micrographia - Extracts...
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    plants in the United States Diagram of a plume moth from Robert Hooke's Micrographia Leaf-shaped moth (Pergesa acteus) Giant grey moth (Agrius convolvuli)...
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