Examination of the germ of wheat
Date
13 June 1687
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p17a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 173mm
width (page): 142mm
width (page): 142mm
Subject
Description
Printed engraving with three figures. In a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 1: beginning of entire wheat plant
Fig. 2: other wheat plant with first leaves
Fig. 3: two leaves, separated.
Fig. 1: beginning of entire wheat plant
Fig. 2: other wheat plant with first leaves
Fig. 3: two leaves, separated.
Object history
Printed images taken from a published version of the letter (the same plate is in the Dutch and Latin versions):
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Vervolg der Brieven, geschreven aan de Wytvermaarde Koninglijke Societeit tot Londen (Leiden: C. Boutesteijn, 1687), pp. 27-52.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Epistolarum (Leiden: Boutesteyn, 1689), pp. 21-40.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Vervolg der Brieven, geschreven aan de Wytvermaarde Koninglijke Societeit tot Londen (Leiden: C. Boutesteijn, 1687), pp. 27-52.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Epistolarum (Leiden: Boutesteyn, 1689), pp. 21-40.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Associated place