Microscopic views of the point of a needle; printed full-stop; edge of razor
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The image of the needle point is particularly notable. Robert Hooke has examined the seemingly sharp needle but the sharpness and penetration of his own observation technique (with microscope) has rendered the artificial sharpness of the needle point flat and dull.
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Ingenuity: Ingenuity, Ingenuity: Engin, Ingenuity: Naturel, Ingenuity: Ingenium, Sharpness, Penetration, Vision, Natural Philosophy, Scale
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Wellcome Collection
