Observations on the insides of pips from figs and strawberries, and the hairs on lobster legs
Date
10 July 1696
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p17
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 178mm
width (page): 145mm
width (page): 145mm
Subject
Description
Six figures attached to a printed letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 1: a pith or kernel from a fig
Fig. 2: a young plant taken out of the pip of a fig
Fig. 3: the same as fig. 2 but now the small leaves are put in front of the magnifying glass in such a way that the thickness of the leaves can be seen
Fig. 4: the plant that is inside a strawberry seed
Figs 5 and 6: the hairs on the legs of a lobster.
Fig. 1: a pith or kernel from a fig
Fig. 2: a young plant taken out of the pip of a fig
Fig. 3: the same as fig. 2 but now the small leaves are put in front of the magnifying glass in such a way that the thickness of the leaves can be seen
Fig. 4: the plant that is inside a strawberry seed
Figs 5 and 6: the hairs on the legs of a lobster.
Object history
The letter and images were published in:
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Microscopical observations on eels, mites, the seeds of figs, strawberries etc.’, Phil. Trans. vol. 19, no. 221 (June, July and August 1696), pp. 269-80, figs 1-6. (The copper plate for Phil. Trans. is different than for the Dutch and Latin publications produced in Delft.)
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sesde Vervolg Der Brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1696), pp. 269-85.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Arcanorum (Delft: H. a Kroonevelt, 1697), pp. 126-41.
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Microscopical observations on eels, mites, the seeds of figs, strawberries etc.’, Phil. Trans. vol. 19, no. 221 (June, July and August 1696), pp. 269-80, figs 1-6. (The copper plate for Phil. Trans. is different than for the Dutch and Latin publications produced in Delft.)
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sesde Vervolg Der Brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1696), pp. 269-85.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Continuatio Arcanorum (Delft: H. a Kroonevelt, 1697), pp. 126-41.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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