He discovered that spiral springs have a period of oscillation independent of amplitude, and helped Robert Boyle invent a gas pump.
From 1662 to the end of his life he held the post of "curator of experiments" to the Royal Society. He worked on a wave theory of light, a theory of gravitation, and speculated on the atomic composition of matter. After the Great Fire of 1666, he was named Surveyor of London. He discovered that spiral springs have a period of oscillation independent of amplitude, and helped Robert Boyle invent a gas pump. FTP, identify this scientist who, while looking at cork through a microscope, coined the term cell.
From 1662 to the end of his life he held the post of "curator of experiments" to the Royal Society.
Robert Hooke