Salt crystals
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                                21 June 1701
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Unknown, Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Manuscript page number
                            
                            
                                p9
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Material
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (page): 118mm
width (page): 175mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 175mm
                                Subject
                            
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Description
                            
                            
                                Three figures in a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne.
Figs 1-3: salt particles that Leeuwenhoek found in boiled rain water.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Figs 1-3: salt particles that Leeuwenhoek found in boiled rain water.
                                Object history
                            
                            
                                The Journal Book mentions on 9 July 1701, 'A Letter was read from Mr Leeuwenhoek to Dr. Sloane, concerning many Microscopical Observations about Glasses, &c' (JBO/10/224).
The letter and images are published in:
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Concerning the cause of the different tastes of waters and edge of razors’, Phil. Trans. vol. 22, no. 273 (August 1701), pp. 899-903.
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            The letter and images are published in:
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Concerning the cause of the different tastes of waters and edge of razors’, Phil. Trans. vol. 22, no. 273 (August 1701), pp. 899-903.
                                Related fellows
                            
                            
                                Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
John Chamberlayne (1661 - 1723, British) , Author
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            John Chamberlayne (1661 - 1723, British) , Author
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