Microscopic images of a louse and cocoons of flies
Date
26 October 1700
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p17
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 223mm
width (page): 174mm
width (page): 174mm
Subject
Description
Four figures in a letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane.
Fig. 1: the size of the animal, called louse, as seen with the naked eye.
Fig. 2: the outside of this louse as seen with a magnifying glass; the inside of the animal was eaten by a little larva.
Fig. 4: small part of the abdomen of a pupa.
Fig. 5: the hind part of the abdomen of the above-mentioned pupa.
Fig. 1: the size of the animal, called louse, as seen with the naked eye.
Fig. 2: the outside of this louse as seen with a magnifying glass; the inside of the animal was eaten by a little larva.
Fig. 4: small part of the abdomen of a pupa.
Fig. 5: the hind part of the abdomen of the above-mentioned pupa.
Object history
The Journal Book mentions on 27 November 1700, 'A Letter from Mr: Lewenhoek to Dr Sloane dated Delft Oct 26th 1700 with an excellent account, & curious observations of Insects on Fruit Trees and their Production. The Dr was desired to let it be printed in the Transactions & also to returne Mr Lewenhoeck the societys thanks' (JBO/10/203).
The images and letter are published in:
Phil. Trans. vol. 22, no. 266 (Sept/Oct 1700), pp. 659-72. With five figures.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sevende vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1702), pp. 275-94.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Epistolae Ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam (Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719), pp. 263-80.
The images and letter are published in:
Phil. Trans. vol. 22, no. 266 (Sept/Oct 1700), pp. 659-72. With five figures.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sevende vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1702), pp. 275-94.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Epistolae Ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam (Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719), pp. 263-80.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
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