Image of a fly
Date
26 October 1700
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p19
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 224mm
width (page): 175mm
width (page): 175mm
Subject
Description
One figure in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane.
Fig. 3: a little fly which received its food as a larva from a louse like in Fig. 1 (EL/L3/23/017).
Fig. 3: a little fly which received its food as a larva from a louse like in Fig. 1 (EL/L3/23/017).
Object history
The Journal Book mentions on 27 November 1700, 'A Letter from Mr: Lewenhoek to Dr Sloane dated Delft Oct 26th 1700 with an excellent account, & curious observations of Insects on Fruit Trees and their Production. The Dr was desired to let it be printed in the Transactions & also to returne Mr Lewenhoeck the societys thanks' (JBO/10/203).
The images and letter are published in:
Phil. Trans. vol. 22, no. 266 (Sept/Oct 1700), pp. 659-72. With five figures.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sevende vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1702), pp. 275-94.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Epistolae Ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam (Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719), pp. 263-80.
The images and letter are published in:
Phil. Trans. vol. 22, no. 266 (Sept/Oct 1700), pp. 659-72. With five figures.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sevende vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1702), pp. 275-94.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Epistolae Ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam (Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719), pp. 263-80.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
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