Callus of hand and feet
Date
7 July 1722
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p273
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 320mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Subject
Description
Three drawings in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 6: a small bit of callus.
Fig. 7: the layers of callus, showing the growth day by day (observed with a microscope).
Fig. 8: an even thinner bit of skin.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek had the images drawn for him. The drawings were printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 32, no. 373 (1723).
The printed images can be found, now with the original letter, at EL/L4/81/008a.
Fig. 6: a small bit of callus.
Fig. 7: the layers of callus, showing the growth day by day (observed with a microscope).
Fig. 8: an even thinner bit of skin.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek had the images drawn for him. The drawings were printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 32, no. 373 (1723).
The printed images can be found, now with the original letter, at EL/L4/81/008a.
Object history
Figures printed as A. Leeuwenhoek, 'Observations upon the callus of the hands and feet', Phil. Trans. vol. 32, no. 373 (1723), pp. 156-61.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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