Section of an oak tree and its year rings
Date
12 January 1680
Creator
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p13
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 392mm
width (page): 255mm
width (page): 255mm
Subject
Description
From Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, drawn by Leeuwenhoek himself.
'The circumference of an imaginary oak, alder etc, which has 18 rings and consequently is 18 years old'.
'The circumference of an imaginary oak, alder etc, which has 18 rings and consequently is 18 years old'.
Object history
Printed as Fig. 1 in Antoni Leeuwenhoek, ‘Several woods and their vessels’, Phil. Trans. vol. 13, no. 148 (June 1683), pp. 197-208.
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 15 January 1680, 'Mr. Hooke produced the translation of a long letter, which he had received from Mr. Leewenhoeck, written in Low Dutch; together with several curious draughts of small pieces of wood observed in the microscope; as also the letter itself. A part of this translation was read, and the delineations examined, wherein were explained the several vessels and curious contexture of the parts of wood. The remaining part was referred to the next meeting' (Birch 4:3).
The entire letter with all the images was also printed in Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Ontledingen en Ontdekkingen, van het Eyken, Olm, Boeken, Willegen, Elsen, Mauritius-Ebben, Palmen-hout, ende stroo. Van de Dierkens in de Hommen van Baars, Braassem, Voorn ende Zeelt (Leiden: Cornelis Boutesteyn, 1686), pp. 17-32.
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 15 January 1680, 'Mr. Hooke produced the translation of a long letter, which he had received from Mr. Leewenhoeck, written in Low Dutch; together with several curious draughts of small pieces of wood observed in the microscope; as also the letter itself. A part of this translation was read, and the delineations examined, wherein were explained the several vessels and curious contexture of the parts of wood. The remaining part was referred to the next meeting' (Birch 4:3).
The entire letter with all the images was also printed in Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Ontledingen en Ontdekkingen, van het Eyken, Olm, Boeken, Willegen, Elsen, Mauritius-Ebben, Palmen-hout, ende stroo. Van de Dierkens in de Hommen van Baars, Braassem, Voorn ende Zeelt (Leiden: Cornelis Boutesteyn, 1686), pp. 17-32.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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