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Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon 13That the root of the Hairs were pretty smooth, tapering inwards, almost

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Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon 13

That the root of the Hairs were pretty smooth, tapering inwards, almost

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like a Parsneb; nor could I find that it had any filaments, or any other vessels, such as the fibres of Plants.
5. That the top when split (which is common in long Hair) appear’d like the end of a stick, beaten till it be all flitter’d, there being not onely two splinters, but sometimes half a score and more.

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Hooke — Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (Robert Hooke) (1665). Public Domain. Robert Hooke, Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon; public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #15491. Source