Observations on the reproduction of eels
Date
16 September 1692
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p17
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 175mm
width (page): 173mm
width (page): 173mm
Subject
Description
14 figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. The original drawings are lost.
Fig. 1: head of a worm in the intestines of an eel
Fig. 2: worms as they appear to the naked eye
Fig. 3: oval shaped eels
Figs 4-5: parts in the wombs of eels
Fig. 6: creature in womb of an eel
Fig. 7: small piece of an eel
Fig. 8: part of an eel with pins inserted
Fig. 9: globules from womb or naval blood
Fig. 10: glass syringe filled with mercury.
Fig. 1: head of a worm in the intestines of an eel
Fig. 2: worms as they appear to the naked eye
Fig. 3: oval shaped eels
Figs 4-5: parts in the wombs of eels
Fig. 6: creature in womb of an eel
Fig. 7: small piece of an eel
Fig. 8: part of an eel with pins inserted
Fig. 9: globules from womb or naval blood
Fig. 10: glass syringe filled with mercury.
Object history
The letter was also published with the same printed images in:
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Derde Vervolg der Brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 508-31.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana Naturae Detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 334-49.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Derde Vervolg der Brieven (Delft: H. van Kroonevelt, 1693), pp. 508-31.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Arcana Naturae Detecta (Delft: H. a Krooneveld, 1695), pp. 334-49.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Associated place