Parts of pepper corn
Date
9 October 1676
Creator
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p12
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 307mm
width (Page): 205mm
width (Page): 205mm
Subject
Description
Letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg. The letter is written by another hand, but the small drawings in the margins are by Leeuwenhoek himself.
Fig. A: small drawing of parts of pepper corns.
Fig. A: small drawing of parts of pepper corns.
Transcription
p. 12: Jk heb eenige weijnige vande eerste deeltgens waer uijt een peper greijn bestaet die nog vande langste nog vande corste soort sijn, haer figuer soo ik die sag hier nevens gestelt als fig: A.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place