Microscopic images of the spleen of a lamb and a flea's sting
Date
1 June 1706
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p13
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 227mm
width (page): 226mm
width (page): 226mm
Subject
Description
Four figures. Images were made by a draftsman.
Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. It was read to the Royal Society on 20 November 1706.
Fig. 1: a small part of the membrane of the spleen of a lamb
Fig. 2: a sinewy part of the same membrane of a spleen
Fig. 3: a small part of the spleen which is, when not magnified, no larger than a large grain of salt
Fig. 4: the sting and its sheath of a flea.
Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society. It was read to the Royal Society on 20 November 1706.
Fig. 1: a small part of the membrane of the spleen of a lamb
Fig. 2: a sinewy part of the same membrane of a spleen
Fig. 3: a small part of the spleen which is, when not magnified, no larger than a large grain of salt
Fig. 4: the sting and its sheath of a flea.
Object history
20 November 1706, 'A letter was read from Mr Leewenhoeck concerning the spleen & the sting of a flea. He was ordered to be thanked' (JBO/11/102).
Printed in A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Microscopical observations on the structure of the spleen and the proboscis of fleas’, Phil. Trans., vol. 25, no. 307 (July, August and September 1706), pp. 2305-12, tab. 2, fig. 1, slice of a spleen of a lamb; fig. 2, membrane of spleen; fig. 3, piece of spleen; fig. 4, sting of flea.
Printed in A. Leeuwenhoek, ‘Microscopical observations on the structure of the spleen and the proboscis of fleas’, Phil. Trans., vol. 25, no. 307 (July, August and September 1706), pp. 2305-12, tab. 2, fig. 1, slice of a spleen of a lamb; fig. 2, membrane of spleen; fig. 3, piece of spleen; fig. 4, sting of flea.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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