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'''Christopher Cock''' was a [[London]] instrument maker of the 17th century, who supplied [[microscope]]s to [[Robert Hooke]]. These microscopes were compound lens instruments, which, unfortunately, suffered greatly from [[spherical aberration]].
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Image:Hooke Microscope-03000276-FIG-4.jpg|Microscope manufactured by Christopher Cock of London for Robert Hooke. Hooke is believed to have used this microscope for the observations that formed the basis of Micrographia. (M-030 00276) Courtesy - Billings Microscope Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP)
[[File:Hooke Microscope-03000276-FIG-4.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Microscope manufactured by Christopher Cock of London for Robert Hooke. Hooke is believed to have used this microscope for the observations that formed the basis of Micrographia. (M-030 00276) Courtesy - Billings Microscope Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP).]]
'''Christopher Cock''' was a [[London]] instrument maker of the 17th century, who supplied [[microscope]]s to [[Robert Hooke]]. These microscopes were compound lens instruments, which suffered greatly from [[spherical aberration]].
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*Chapman, Allan and Paul Kent (2005). ''Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance''. Leominster: Gracewing.
*Chapman, Allan and Paul Kent (2005). ''Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance''. Leominster: Gracewing.
*Inwood, Stephen (2003). '' The Forgotten Genius: The Biography Of Robert Hooke 1635-1703''. San Francisco: Mcadam/Cage.
*Inwood, Stephen (2003). '' The Forgotten Genius: The Biography Of Robert Hooke 1635-1703''. San Francisco: Mcadam/Cage.
* Helen Purtle, ''The Billings Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology'' (Second Edition) Washington, DC: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1974 (Reprinted 1987).[http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/microscope/index.html]
* Helen Purtle, ''The Billings Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology'' (Second Edition) Washington, DC: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1974 (Reprinted 1987).[https://web.archive.org/web/20090129140301/http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/microscope/index.html]


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Latest revision as of 18:58, 21 June 2020

Microscope manufactured by Christopher Cock of London for Robert Hooke. Hooke is believed to have used this microscope for the observations that formed the basis of Micrographia. (M-030 00276) Courtesy - Billings Microscope Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP).

Christopher Cock was a London instrument maker of the 17th century, who supplied microscopes to Robert Hooke. These microscopes were compound lens instruments, which suffered greatly from spherical aberration.

Bibliography

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  • Chapman, Allan and Paul Kent (2005). Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance. Leominster: Gracewing.
  • Inwood, Stephen (2003). The Forgotten Genius: The Biography Of Robert Hooke 1635-1703. San Francisco: Mcadam/Cage.
  • Helen Purtle, The Billings Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Second Edition) Washington, DC: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1974 (Reprinted 1987).[1]