Robert Hooke type microscope and accessory

Made:
1671-1700 in England and Covent Garden
maker:
Christopher Cock
and
Robert Hooke
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, Robert Hooke type, unsigned, c.1671
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Compound microscope, English, late 17th century
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Compound microscope, English, late 17th century
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Compound microscope, English, late 17th century
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Compound microscope, English, late 17th century
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Compound microscope designed by Robert Hooke, 1671-1700 and thought to have been made by Christopher Cock, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, but not signed. Part of an accessory for manipulating specimens has survived and the objective lens is a modern replacement made in 1965.

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a natural philosopher and inventor with a keen interest in microscopy. He designed this micropscope during the late-seventeenth century in the decades after his publication of 'Micrographia'. Hooke collaborated with many of London's craftsmen including Christopher Cock, from whom he purchased optical instruments. Cock was an optical instrument maker, whose workshop was located on Long Acre, in Covent garden. He was a Freeman of the Turners' and Spectaclemakers' Companies.

Details

Category:
Microscopes
Object Number:
1928-786
Materials:
iron, copper (alloy), wood (unidentified) and leather
type:
compound microscope and microscope
credit:
Court, Thomas Henry

Parts

Robert Hooke type microscope

Robert Hooke type microscope

Compound microscope designed by Robert Hooke, 1671-1700 and thought to have been made by Christopher Cock, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, but not signed. Part of an accessory for manipulating specimens has survived and the objective lens is a modern replacement made in 1965.

Measurements:
overall: 520 mm x 200 mm x 200 mm, 3.45 kg
Materials:
metal , iron , copper alloy , wood , rosewood , mahogany , boxwood , glass and leather
Object Number:
1928-786/1
type:
compound microscope
Accessory for Hooke-type microscope

Accessory for Hooke-type microscope

Accessory for manipulating specimens made to accompany the compound microscope designed by Robert Hooke, 1671-1700 and thought to have been made by Christopher Cock, Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, but not signed.

Materials:
metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1928-786/2
type:
accessory and compound microscope