Robert Hooke (1635 to 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.
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Anemometer, Instruments Hooke described a swinging-plate wind gauge to the Royal Society in 1667, among the earliest practical anemometers; earlier conceptual designs (Alberti, 1450) were never built as working instruments.
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Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.
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Born: 1635-07-18
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Born: 1635-07-18
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Died: 1703-03-03
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Died: 1703-03-03
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