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Robert Hooke type microscope
Compound microscope designed by Robert Hooke, 1671-1700 and thought to have been made by Christopher Cock, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, but not signed. Part of an accessory for manipulating specimens has survived and the objective lens is a modern replacement made in 1965.
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a natural philosopher and inventor with a keen interest in microscopy. He designed this micropscope during the late-seventeenth century in the decades after his publication of 'Micrographia'. Hooke collaborated with many of London's craftsmen including Christopher Cock, from whom he purchased optical instruments. Cock was an optical instrument maker, whose workshop was located on Long Acre, in Covent garden. He was a Freeman of the Turners' and Spectaclemakers' Companies.
- Measurements:
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overall: 520 mm x 200 mm x 200 mm, 3.45 kg
- Object Number:
- 1928-786/1
- type:
- compound microscope
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
