Observations of elephant skin
Date
12 April 1712
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p9
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 370mm
width (page): 250mm
width (page): 250mm
Subject
Description
Three figures. Drawn by an anonymous draftsman.
Letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig.1: slice of elephant skin, and broken into such small pieces as seen here.
Fig. 2: slice of one of the particles, observed through a microscope
Fig. 3: another slice of the particle taken from a part further away from the skin.
Letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig.1: slice of elephant skin, and broken into such small pieces as seen here.
Fig. 2: slice of one of the particles, observed through a microscope
Fig. 3: another slice of the particle taken from a part further away from the skin.
Object history
A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Observation on the contexture of the skin of elephants’, Phil. Trans. vol. 27, no. 336 (October, November and December 1712), pp. 518-22, figs 1-3.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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