Robert Hooke was born in July 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. He made a name for himself at the age of 25 as the physicist who discovered the law of elasticity in 1660 (which came to be known as Hooke’s Law). Robert Hooke discovered: Hooke’s Law Micrographia Cells Universal Joint Balance Wheel Iris Diaphragm Hooke's Law Developed between 1658 and 1678 and published in 1679, Hooke’s Law states that the stretching of a solid [...]
Robert Hooke was a famous scientist best known for his discovery of the Law of Elasticity (now known as ‘Hooke’s Law’) and his published book of sketches - Micrographia. Despite this eponymous law being what Robert Hooke is most known for, there is so much more to this iconic figure in engineering than this discovery. Figure 1 - Robert Hooke In this blog post, we look at 10 interesting facts about Robert Hooke which you might not [...]
Hooke's Law is the proportional relationship between the force impacting a spring and the distance the spring extends or compresses. Hooke was a founding member and curator of the Royal Society. Incredibly intelligent, he intuitively grasped amazing scientific truths without always understanding the hard science beneath. The 1678 publication of Hooke's Lectures of Spring shared his theory of elasticity; now known as "Hooke’s Law". Hooke's Law states an elastic object must return to its original shape and size after removing [...]
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