Hooke

(noun.) English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introduced the term `cell' into biology and invented a balance spring for watches (1635-1703).

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• About 1525 Jacob Zech of Prague invented the fusee, which was re-invented and improved by the celebrated Dr. Hooke, 125 years later. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• New names appear on the records, Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, John Evelyn, Brereton, Ball, Robert Hooke, and Abraham Cowley. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• To Dr. Hooke must also be credited the invention of that delicate but efficient device, the hair-spring balance for watches. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In this treatise he describes experime nts with the improved air-pump constructed at his suggestion by his assistant, Robert Hooke. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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