Robert Hooke

Now, the greatest advantage of such a proposal as this, is the communicating of the discoveries made to others, and the uniting of the forces of all for the perfecting of Natural knowledge.

This Image seems to shew us, as in a Mirrour, how the great Creator hath furnished the Eyes of all Insects with a most curious and elaborate structure.

The Foot of a Louse... is arm'd with several crooked Spines or Thorns, which serve it as Teeth to hold fast by.

I have often thought, that we might make a Gland, or Pulp, of the same figure with the Eye, and of a substance not much unlike it, and place it in the room of the natural one.

The Business of Moralists is to regulate the Actions of Men, but the Business of Natural Philosophers is to observe and consider the Works of Nature.

For the History of Nature is full of infinite Variety: But the Phaenomena are so many, and so various, that it would be almost endless to give a particular Account of them all.

The Texture of the Wings of a Fly... is a most curious Engine and Contrivance.

By the help of Anatomic Knives, and Microscopes, whereby the Texture of Bodies may be more accurately discover'd than by the naked Eye.

The Teeth of a Viper... are sharp, and crooked, like the Teeth of a Serpent.

I cannot but honour that Man, who in the Infancy of this our Royal Society, propos'd such a noble Design.

The Air is a body of a very different nature from Water, or any other tangible fluid.

The measure of the force of a spring is the power to restore or produce motion in a body.

As the extension, so the force of the spring.

The power of any springy body is in the same proportion with the tension or the compression of its parts.

These observations have often made me wonder, that no body has thought of applying such a contrivance to the making of a watch or clock.

The Earth is a Magnet, and the Moon is a Magnet.

I have seen a Man fly.

The universality of this wonderful contrivance in all the small creatures.

Nature does nothing in vain.

The footsteps of a diligent gatherer and composer of natural history.