File:17 Robert Hooke Engineer.JPG
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Rita Greer: Robert Hooke, Engineer
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Rita Greer |
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Robert Hooke, Engineer |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
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English: 'Robert Hooke, Engineer'. A memorial portrait presented to the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University in 2009. It shows Hooke in Oxford with important work – a wheel barometer, his microscope and copy of 'Micrographia', a pocket watch, optic, spring and universal joint. He is holding a chain to make a catenary arch and on the wall behind him is a map of the City of London which he helped to survey and rebuild after the Great Fire of 1666. |
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| Date | 2009 | |||||||||||
| Medium | oil on board | |||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | The original is an oil painting on board by Rita Greer, history painter, 2009. This was digitized by Rita and sent via email to the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University, where it was subsequently uploaded to Wikimedia. | |||||||||||
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Copyleft: This work of art is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it according to terms of the Free Art License. You will find a specimen of this license on the Copyleft Attitude site as well as on other sites. |
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| current | 10:36, 27 August 2009 | | 1,239 × 1,549 (549 KB) | James.Leek | {{Information |Description={{en|1=.Robert Hooke, Engineer'. A memorial portrait presented to the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford University in 2009. It shows Hooke in Oxford with important work – a wheel barometer, his microscope and co |
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