Observations on a quill and on wood
Date
12 August 1692
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p25
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 177mm
width (page): 444mm
width (page): 444mm
Subject
Description
20 figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Royal Society. The original drawings are lost.
Fig. 1-4: parts of a feather quill
Fig. 5: small piece of wood
Fig. 6: wood pipe
Fig. 7: single torn wood pipe
Fig. 8: small piece of cut-off rush
Fig. 9: screen in one of the openings of the rush
Fig. 10: wall of rush pipe
Fig. 11: one of the smallest blood vessels of the rush
Fig. 12: small part of the rush, cut crosswise
Fig. 13: small piece of pine wood or fir wood
Fig. 14: wood or air pipes
Fig. 15: small piece of aforesaid fir wood
Fig. 16: little horizontal vessels or wood pipes
Fig. 17: one fourth of round tree or branch
Fig. 18: small piece of lime wood from Norway
Fig. 19: a few vessels and wood pipes from lime wood
Fig. 20: small amount of floury substance.
Leeuwenhoek refers to his engraver in the letter, which probably means that he sent the engraved images with his letter in the first place, instead of drawings. (Alle de brieven, vol. 9, pp. 88-89.)
Fig. 1-4: parts of a feather quill
Fig. 5: small piece of wood
Fig. 6: wood pipe
Fig. 7: single torn wood pipe
Fig. 8: small piece of cut-off rush
Fig. 9: screen in one of the openings of the rush
Fig. 10: wall of rush pipe
Fig. 11: one of the smallest blood vessels of the rush
Fig. 12: small part of the rush, cut crosswise
Fig. 13: small piece of pine wood or fir wood
Fig. 14: wood or air pipes
Fig. 15: small piece of aforesaid fir wood
Fig. 16: little horizontal vessels or wood pipes
Fig. 17: one fourth of round tree or branch
Fig. 18: small piece of lime wood from Norway
Fig. 19: a few vessels and wood pipes from lime wood
Fig. 20: small amount of floury substance.
Leeuwenhoek refers to his engraver in the letter, which probably means that he sent the engraved images with his letter in the first place, instead of drawings. (Alle de brieven, vol. 9, pp. 88-89.)
Object history
The letter was also published with the same printed images:
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Derde Vervolg der Brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 475-507.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana Naturae Detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 312-23.
The letter was read at a meeting of the Royal Society. Richard Waller wrote to Van Leeuwenhoek on 28 April 1693, 'Sr yrs of ye 12 of Aug. & 16th of Sept. last were read in a meeting of ye R. Soc: to ye satisfaction of ye Persons present' (Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, ed. by a committee of Dutch scientists, 17 vols [ongoing] (Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1939- ), IX (1976), 68-129 (letter 122) (pp. 182-85)).
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Derde Vervolg der Brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 475-507.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana Naturae Detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 312-23.
The letter was read at a meeting of the Royal Society. Richard Waller wrote to Van Leeuwenhoek on 28 April 1693, 'Sr yrs of ye 12 of Aug. & 16th of Sept. last were read in a meeting of ye R. Soc: to ye satisfaction of ye Persons present' (Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, ed. by a committee of Dutch scientists, 17 vols [ongoing] (Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1939- ), IX (1976), 68-129 (letter 122) (pp. 182-85)).
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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