Particles in ginger water
Date
9 October 1676
Creator
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p14
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 307205mm
width (Page): 205mm
width (Page): 205mm
Subject
Description
Letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg.
The letter is written in another hand, but the small drawings in the margins are by Leeuwenhoek himself.
Fig. A: rectilinear figures in ginger water
Fig. B: after two or three days, there was a separation in larger parts
Fig. C: and smaller ones.
The letter is written in another hand, but the small drawings in the margins are by Leeuwenhoek himself.
Fig. A: rectilinear figures in ginger water
Fig. B: after two or three days, there was a separation in larger parts
Fig. C: and smaller ones.
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
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