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Figure 71
Helder's masterpiece of
gauged brickwork, 1675,
now in the Victoria
and Albert Museum,
London. (By Courtesy
of the Board of Trustees
of the Victoria and
Albert Museum)
He must therefore have been very aware of the fine skills of gauged brickwork
that was displayed on Helder's own property and discussed materials and rele-
vant constructional techniques with him.
As Kuyper (1980, 116) states:
Hooke's interest in Dutch science and architecture is well known. In his diary
there are many references to… town-reconstruction and architecture. In
December 1672 Hooke started to learn Dutch, evidently so as to be able to read
Dutch topics, of which he mentions several on diverse subjects. His entry on Mr
Story describing to him the recently completed churches in Amsterdam in 1674,
is well known. There are in addition some indications that he visited Holland
shortly before 1672.
