Observations of salt particles in pepper, tea and Spanish flies
Date
1 February 1692
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p14a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 99mm
width (page): 137mm
width (page): 137mm
Subject
Description
22 figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. The original drawings are lost.
Fig. 1: pepper through the magnifying glass
Fig. 2: long pepper
Figs 3-15: shapes of salt particles in various edibles, such as black and white pepper, tea
Fig. 16-22: shapes of 'salt particles' in a Spanish fly.
Fig. 1: pepper through the magnifying glass
Fig. 2: long pepper
Figs 3-15: shapes of salt particles in various edibles, such as black and white pepper, tea
Fig. 16-22: shapes of 'salt particles' in a Spanish fly.
Object history
Letter and images published in:
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Derde vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 375-95.
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana naturae detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 246-59. (Latin translation.)
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Derde vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 375-95.
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana naturae detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 246-59. (Latin translation.)
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Associated place