Hooke, Robert 1635-1703

Overview

Works:	346 works in 645 publications in 9 languages and 15,009 library holdings
Genres:	Early printed books
Roles:	Editor, Author of introduction, Artist
Classifications:	qh271, 578

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Publications about Robert Hooke

Publications by Robert Hooke

Publications by Robert Hooke, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Robert Hooke

The curious life of Robert Hooke : the man who measured London by Lisa Jardine ( Book )
Robert Hooke by Margaret Espinasse ( Book )
The forgotten genius by Stephen Inwood ( Book )
Newton's darkness two dramatic views by Carl Djerassi ( Book )
London's Leonardo : the life and work of Robert Hooke ( Book )

A bibliography of Dr. Robert Hooke by Geoffrey Keynes ( Book )
Restless genius : Robert Hooke and his earthly thoughts by Ellen T Drake ( Book )
England's Leonardo : Robert Hooke and the seventeenth-century scientific revolution by Allan Chapman ( Book )
The first professional scientist Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London by Robert D Purrington ( Book )
Robert Hooke's contributions to mechanics. A study in seventeenth century natural philosophy by F. F Centore ( Book )
Inner music : Hobbes, Hooke, and North on internal character by Jamie Croy Kassler ( Book )
Robert Hooke : new studies ( Book )
Robert Hooke : creative genius, scientist, inventor by Mary Gow ( Book )
Meanest foundations and nobler superstructures : Hooke, Newton and the "compounding of the celestiall motions of the planetts by Ofer Gal ( Book )
A more beautiful city : Robert Hooke and the rebuilding of London after the great fire by M. A. R Cooper ( Book )
An introduction to the natural history of the terrestrial sphere, principally concerning new islands born from the sea, and Hooke's hypothesis of the earth, on the origin of mountains and petrified bodies, to be further established from accurate descriptions and observations by Rudolf Erich Raspe ( Book )
Robert Hooke : tercentennial studies ( Book )
Robert Hooke : natural philosopher and scientific explorer by Michael Burgan ( Book )
The library of Robert Hooke : the scientific book trade of Restoration England by Leona Rostenberg ( Book )
Specimen historiæ naturalis globi terraquei præcipue de novis e mari natis insulis, et ex his exactiùs descriptis & observatis, ulteriùs confirmandâ, Hookiana telluris hypothesi, de origine montium et corporum petrefactorum by Rudolf Erich Raspe ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Robert Hooke

Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, with observations and inquiries thereupon by Robert Hooke ( Book )
46 editions published between 1665 and 2003 in English and held by 911 libraries worldwide
Digitized facsimile of the 1665 edition, with essay by Brian J. Ford.

Early science in Oxford by R. T Gunther ( Book )
20 editions published between 1930 and 1968 in English and held by 332 libraries worldwide

Extracts from Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon by Robert Hooke ( Book )
8 editions published between 1894 and 1969 in English and held by 242 libraries worldwide

The diary of Robert Hooke, 1672-1680 by Robert Hooke ( Book )
9 editions published between 1935 and 1968 in English and held by 231 libraries worldwide

Lampas, or, Descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries by Robert Hooke ( Book )
11 editions published between 1677 and 1931 in English and held by 218 libraries worldwide

The diary of Robert Hooke, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., 1672-1680, transcribed from the original in the possession of the Corporation of the city of London (Guildhall library) by Robert Hooke ( Book )
6 editions published between 1935 and 1968 in English and held by 207 libraries worldwide

Micrographia by Robert Hooke ( Book )
19 editions published between 1894 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 194 libraries worldwide
Digitized facsimile of the 1665 ed. from a copy in the Warnock Library. Text is searchable and printable.

Philosophical experiments and observations by Robert Hooke ( Book )
6 editions published between 1726 and 1967 in English and held by 190 libraries worldwide

The posthumous works of Robert Hooke by Robert Hooke ( Book )
3 editions published between 1705 and 1969 in English and held by 189 libraries worldwide

A description of helioscopes and some other instruments by Robert Hooke ( Book )
6 editions published in 1676 in English and held by 162 libraries worldwide

Lectures and discourses of earthquakes and subterraneous eruptions by Robert Hooke ( Book )
2 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 124 libraries worldwide

Philosophical collections ( Serial )
in English and held by 119 libraries worldwide

Lectures de potentia restitutiva, or, Of spring explaining the power of springing bodies : to which are added some collections viz. a description of Dr. Pappins wind-fountain and force-pump, Mr. Young's observation concerning natural fountains, some other considerations concerning that subject, Captain Sturmy's remarks of a subterraneous cave and cistern, Mr. G.T. observations made on the Pike of Teneriff, 1674, some reflections and conjectures occasioned thereupon, a relation of a late eruption in the Isle of Palma by Robert Hooke ( Book )
4 editions published in 1678 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide

Lectures and collections by Robert Hooke ( Book )
3 editions published in 1678 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide

An attempt to prove the motion of the earth from observations by Robert Hooke ( Book )
4 editions published in 1674 in English and held by 111 libraries worldwide

An attempt for the explication of the phænomena observable in an experiment published by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., in the XXXV experiment of his epistolical discourse touching the aire in confirmation of a former conjecture made by R.H by Robert Hooke ( Book )
5 editions published between 1661 and 1662 in English and Latin and held by 110 libraries worldwide
Dedication to Robert Boyle signed: Robert Hooke.

Lectiones Cutlerianæ, or, A collection of lectures, physical, mechanical, geographical, & astronomical made before the Royal Society on several occasions at Gresham Colledge : to which are added divers miscellaneous discourses by Robert Hooke ( Book )
4 editions published in 1679 in English and held by 110 libraries worldwide

The fatall doom, or, The charms of divine love by R. H ( Book )
2 editions published in 1655 in English and held by 110 libraries worldwide

Philosophical experiments and observations of the late eminent Dr. Robert Hooke, S.R.S. and Geom. Prof. Gresh. and other eminent virtuoso's in his time by Robert Hooke ( Book )
5 editions published in 1726 in English and held by 109 libraries worldwide

Animadversions on the first part of the Machina coelestis of the honourable, learned, and deservedly famous astronomer Johannes Hevelius, consul of Dantzick together with an explication of some instruments by Robert Hooke ( Book )
4 editions published in 1674 in English and held by 104 libraries worldwide

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	Kids	General	Special

Audience level: 0.81 (from 0.71 for The diary ... to 0.88 for Philosophi ...)

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Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, with observations and inquiries thereupon

Alternative Names

Guk, Robert, 1635-1703

Hooke, R. 1635-1703

Hooke, Robertus 1635-1703

Robert Hooke 1635-1703

Languages

English (621)
Latin (15)
German (8)
French (6)
Spanish (6)
Undetermined (5)
Japanese (4)
No Linguistic content (2)
Russian (2)

Covers

London's Leonardo : the life and work of Robert Hooke

England's Leonardo : Robert Hooke and the seventeenth-century scientific revolution

Robert Hooke : creative genius, scientist, inventor