In 1667, when anyone submitted an idea to the Royal Society, Hooke was the scientist to contact in order to begin experiments on said idea. Therefore, Hooke was the most prominent member of Society because the Curator of Experiments was the spearhead of the experimental and developmental stages of ideas. The Royal Society during his tenure poured massive amounts of work on his plate, but he prevailed and even found the time to present experiments of his own deriving from other experiments he had performed. Hooke also was immensely busy and thus unable – or in some cases unwilling, pending a way of profiting from the enterprise via letters patent to develop all of his own ideas. This was a time of immense scientific progress, and numerous ideas were developed in several places simultaneously. The Society, realizing how overworked Hooke was, placed the anatomical side of his position under the rule of two capable physicians. In Robert …show more content…
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