Structures of the tongue of an ox, and the hearts of a sheep and a duck
Date
2 April 1694
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p19
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 179mm
width (page): 424mm
width (page): 424mm
Subject
Description
Five figures attached to a printed letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 1: a small bit of ox tongue
Fig. 2: the real size of the bit of tongue from fig. 1
Fig. 3: a little flesh muscle from the heart of a sheep
Fig. 4: a very small bit of the heart of a duck
Fig. 5: another small bit of the heart of a duck.
Fig. 1: a small bit of ox tongue
Fig. 2: the real size of the bit of tongue from fig. 1
Fig. 3: a little flesh muscle from the heart of a sheep
Fig. 4: a very small bit of the heart of a duck
Fig. 5: another small bit of the heart of a duck.
Object history
Leeuwenhoek did not send an autograph letter with drawings to the Royal Society, but a printed copy and an engraving (see Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, ed. by a committee of Dutch scientists, 17 vols [ongoing] (Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1939- ), X (1979), 65).
The letter and illustrations also appeared in:
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Vierde Vervolg der Brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 674-90.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana Naturae Detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 445-55.
The letter and illustrations also appeared in:
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Vierde Vervolg der Brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 674-90.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana Naturae Detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 445-55.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Associated place