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Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Micrographia: or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665.

It was in describing a cross section of cork that Hooke first used the term “cell” to denote the individual compartments of living tissue.

Robert Hooke's Micrographia

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Hooke's Micrographia

For preservation reasons all images scanned from the 1667 facsimile.