GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hooke detailed his observations of this tiny and previously unseen world in his book, Micrographia. To him, the cork looked as if it was made of tiny pores, which he came to call “cells” because they reminded him of the cells in a monastery.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hooke was one of a small handful of scientists to embrace the first microscopes, improve them, and use them to discover nature’s hidden details. He designed his own light microscope, which used multiple glass lenses to light and magnify specimens. Under his microscope, Hooke examined a diverse collection of organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Hooke had discovered the small-scale structure of cork. And he concluded that the small-scale structure of cork explained its large-scale properties. Cork floats, Hooke reasoned, because air is sealed in the cells. That air springs back after being compressed, and that’s why cork is springy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Hooke in 1665 observed thin slices of cork under a simple magnifying device. He observed box-like structures and coined the term “cells” for them as these reminded him of the cells in a monastery.