Robert Hooko

"... 62,100. Before he got rid of hiu co)d )ie had paid 87,000 in fees. London Lettor, THE TELEPHONE OF 1664. A quotation, not much known, from the works of Robert Hooko, published in 10G1, would seem to show that the telephone is not such a modern invention as it is generally thought. Hooke says: "And as gjassps have highly promoted our ..."

"... earliest mention of it as scientific appliance. thon fifty years old, was ir. a work by Dr. It. published in 1638. As to tmo instrument as it now exists, Robert Hooko suggested tho use of tho freezing point. Hulley tho boiling point and the substitution of mercury for spirit, amt blood rical Fahrenheit, although a German by birth, was a protege ..."

"... this particular terra incognita of science-a claim disputed on behalf of Malplghl, whoso work on Hie sume subject was In tho hands of tho Royal Socioty in .1674; and Robert Hooko had also touchod on it In lils "Mlcrograpliln." Crow's researches, however, began in 16R4. Ho clearly distin- guished the anatomy of the root from that of the'stem, and tho rcsportlvo ..."

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