ROBERT HOOKE

ROBERT HOOKE

He died on March 3, 1703 in London.

Born on July 28, 1635

A very outstanding student moved to London to Westminster School, at 18 he entered Oxford University.

He was the first to formulate the theory of planetary motions, devised a practical system of telegraphy, invented the spiral spring for clocks and the first screw-divided dial, and built the first arithmetic machine and the Gregorian telescope.

First mission as a laboratory assistant: designing and creating pumps to compress air and create a vacuum, Boil used the air pump built by Hooke to complete the experiments for the formulation of the gas law. The law says: volume of gas inversely proportional to its pressure.

In 1667 he devised instruments to record changes in weather conditions and perfected the methods for systematically recording the information obtained. Some instruments that he invented were the dial barometer, an alcohol thermometer, an improved chronometer, the first hygrometer, an anemometer, and a clock to automatically record the readings of his various meteorological instruments.