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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke (1635 to 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1635 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1635-07-18 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
1703-03-03 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1703 1
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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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1. Robert Hooke (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist, astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: 1635-07-18
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: 1635-07-18
  • Infobox (death-date)
    Died: 1703-03-03
  • Infobox (death-year)
    Died: 1703-03-03
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