Bark
Date
1676
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Description
Four microscopic views from issue 127 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, as observed by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
Figure 1. Pores or lenticels of a small twig.
Figure 2. Vessels visible in the layer just inside of the twig.
Figure 3. Bark of the twig.
Figure 4. Small living creatures, ‘shaped like little Eels’, as observed in wine.
Illustrations to ‘Extract of a letter written to the publisher by Mr. Leewenhoeck from Delft, April 21 1676; concerning the texture of trees and some remarkable discovery in wine; together with some notes thereon’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676).
Figure 1. Pores or lenticels of a small twig.
Figure 2. Vessels visible in the layer just inside of the twig.
Figure 3. Bark of the twig.
Figure 4. Small living creatures, ‘shaped like little Eels’, as observed in wine.
Illustrations to ‘Extract of a letter written to the publisher by Mr. Leewenhoeck from Delft, April 21 1676; concerning the texture of trees and some remarkable discovery in wine; together with some notes thereon’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676).
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
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