Germination of wheat, the structure of rye and barley
Date
13 June 1687
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p17b
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 173mm
width (page): 280mm
width (page): 280mm
Subject
Description
Seven figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 4: first envelope of the wheat plant
Fig. 5: tubules or vessels that compose the outer seed coat
Fig. 6: a small part of the seed coat or envelope of the wheat grain
Fig. 7: beginning of the plant of rye as through the microscope
Fig. 8: other plants taken from rye grain
Fig. 9: two of the leaves from fig. 8
Fig. 10: small piece of barley grain cut transversely.
Fig. 4: first envelope of the wheat plant
Fig. 5: tubules or vessels that compose the outer seed coat
Fig. 6: a small part of the seed coat or envelope of the wheat grain
Fig. 7: beginning of the plant of rye as through the microscope
Fig. 8: other plants taken from rye grain
Fig. 9: two of the leaves from fig. 8
Fig. 10: small piece of barley grain cut transversely.
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
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