Observations on the Jesuit's bark, or cinchona
Date
28 November 1687
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p11
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 195mm
width (page): 155mm
width (page): 155mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Five figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. The original drawings are lost.
Fig. 1: a piece of cinchona bark drawn through the microscope
Fig. 2: the same piece of bark as it appears to the naked eye
Fig. 3: a single such particle
Fig. 4: a few such particles together
Fig. 5: a small piece of cinchona bark cut crosswise.
Fig. 1: a piece of cinchona bark drawn through the microscope
Fig. 2: the same piece of bark as it appears to the naked eye
Fig. 3: a single such particle
Fig. 4: a few such particles together
Fig. 5: a small piece of cinchona bark cut crosswise.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 1 December 1687, ‘A letter of Mr. Leewenhoeck, containing his microscopical observations on cochineal and the Jesuit’s bark, or chinachina, was produced, and ordered to be translated’ (Birch 4:556).
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. 141-55.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Epistolarum (Leiden: Boutesteyn, 1689), pp. 113-24.
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. 141-55.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Epistolarum (Leiden: Boutesteyn, 1689), pp. 113-24.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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