Observations of chalk of gout stones
Date
4 January 1692
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p12a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 90mm
width (page): 88mm
width (page): 88mm
Subject
Description
Four figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. The original drawings are lost.
Fig. 1: chalk-like substance as seen through the microscope
Fig. 2: long, tapered salt particles
Fig. 3: particles of caput mortuum
Fig. 4: two salt figures.
Fig. 1: chalk-like substance as seen through the microscope
Fig. 2: long, tapered salt particles
Fig. 3: particles of caput mortuum
Fig. 4: two salt figures.
Object history
Letter and figures published also as:
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Derde vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 362-74.
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana naturae detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 237-45. (Latin translation.)
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Derde vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 362-74.
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana naturae detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 237-45. (Latin translation.)
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Associated place