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Summary

Author



Alternative names	Hooke
Description	British architect, astronomer, physicist, diarist, university teacher and philosopher
Date of birth/death	18 July 1635 (in Julian calendar)	3 March 1703 (in Julian calendar)
Location of birth/death	Freshwater	London
Work location	Oxford; Epsom; London (1666)
Authority file	: Q46830 VIAF: 32063971 ISNI: 0000000110237616 ULAN: 500017976 LCCN: n50028929 NLA: 35205028 WorldCat

Title

MICROGRAPHIA or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon.

Object type

Description

Schem. XXXIV - Of a Flea. An illustration of a flea.

Language

Date

1665

Publication date

1665

Medium

Ink on paper

Collection

National Library of Wales

	Native name	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
	Location	Aberystwyth
	Coordinates	52° 24′ 51.67″ N, 4° 04′ 55.87″ W
	Established	1907
	Website	https://www.library.wales
	Authority file	: Q666063 VIAF: 139269948 ISNI: 0000000406057171 LCCN: n50062130 OSM: 553399 GND: 1005759-6 WorldCat

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:23, 13 February 2017	1,992 × 1,494 (1.28 MB)	David Levy	higher quality
	16:00, 22 March 2016	1,901 × 1,452 (2.23 MB)	Jason.nlw	slight crop of visible black line at bottom and right of image
	12:59, 17 November 2015	1,903 × 1,453 (2.98 MB)	Jason.nlw	cropped and cleaned edges
	11:44, 10 September 2015	1,912 × 1,459 (2.21 MB)	Jason.nlw	Higher resolution full colour version
	13:38, 23 April 2005	799 × 583 (105 KB)	Muriel Gottrop~commonswiki	Greyscale picture of Robert Hooke's drawing of a flea in his Micrographia. '''Source''': http://www.nmm.ac.uk/uploads//jpg/flea.jpg {{PD}} Category:Siphonaptera