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Hooke's Micrographia

In 1665 Robert Hooke discovered the cell and published his finding in his book ‘Micrographia’ sometime in January of the next year. In this book, he gave 60 ‘observations’ in detail of various objects seen under his primitive compound microscope

Source: Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. Presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson, produced by Ann Druyan et al., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2014

Schem. XXXIV - Of a Flea. An illustration of a flea. by Robert Hooke
Schem. XXXIV - Of a Flea. An illustration of a flea. by Robert H
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