Salt crystals
Date
21 June 1701
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
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
Associated place