Spermatozoa of a ram
Date
25 December 1700
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p13
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 90mm
width (page): 175mm
width (page): 175mm
Subject
Description
Seven figues in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane.
Fig. 1: animalcule in the male sperm of a ram
Fig. 2: animalcule in the male sperm of a ram, lying dead
Fig. 3: animalcule in the male sperm of a ram, with a tail slightly more bent
Fig. 4: another animalcule
Fig. 5: another animalcule
Fig. 6: 2 animalcules
Fig. 7: animalcule as Hartsoeker described them, against whom Van Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter.
Fig. 1: animalcule in the male sperm of a ram
Fig. 2: animalcule in the male sperm of a ram, lying dead
Fig. 3: animalcule in the male sperm of a ram, with a tail slightly more bent
Fig. 4: another animalcule
Fig. 5: another animalcule
Fig. 6: 2 animalcules
Fig. 7: animalcule as Hartsoeker described them, against whom Van Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter.
Object history
The Journal Book mentions on 15 January 1700/1, 'A Letter was read from Mr Leewenhoek of the 25th of December 1700. Containing his Observations on the Animalcula in semime masculo. He was order'd the thanks of the Society' (JBO/10/208).
The images and letter were published in:
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Concerning His Further Observations on the Animalcula in Semine Masculino’, Phil. Trans. vol. 23, no. 268 (Jan 1701), pp. 739-46. With seven figures.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sevende vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1702), pp. 295-307.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Epistolae Ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam (Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719), pp. 281-92.
The images and letter were published in:
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Concerning His Further Observations on the Animalcula in Semine Masculino’, Phil. Trans. vol. 23, no. 268 (Jan 1701), pp. 739-46. With seven figures.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Sevende vervolg der brieven (Delft: H. van Krooneveld, 1702), pp. 295-307.
A. van Leeuwenhoek, Epistolae Ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam (Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1719), pp. 281-92.
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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