Water fleas
Date
1669
Creator
Jan Swammerdam (1637 - 1680, Dutch) , Biologist
Creator - Organisation
Meinardus van Dreunen, Publisher
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 90mm
width (plate): 138mm
width (plate): 138mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of three water fleas, Daphnia, depicted in water.
Inscribed ‘TAB.I’
Plate 1 from Historia insectorum generalis by Jan Swammerdam published by Meinardus van Dreunen (Utrecht, 1669)
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. He continued Robert Hooke’s observations of insects in more systematic research which employed a single lens microscope. From the late 1660s, he dissected and studied the development of these creatures, noting their internal organs and methods of reproduction – he concluded that insects were not the product of spontaneous generation.
Inscribed ‘TAB.I’
Plate 1 from Historia insectorum generalis by Jan Swammerdam published by Meinardus van Dreunen (Utrecht, 1669)
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. He continued Robert Hooke’s observations of insects in more systematic research which employed a single lens microscope. From the late 1660s, he dissected and studied the development of these creatures, noting their internal organs and methods of reproduction – he concluded that insects were not the product of spontaneous generation.
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