Observations of a foetus and the reproductive organs of a sheep
Date
13 June 1722
Creator
John Sturt (1658 - 1730, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p7
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 143mm
width (page): 190mm
width (page): 190mm
Subject
Description
Five etched images. The original drawings can be found in Letter Book 15 (LBO/15/269). The printed images are cut out from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 32, no. 373 (1723). Leeuwenhoek had the images drawn for him.
Engraved by J. Sturt (signature on copper plate).
Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 1: Foetus of sheep in its membranes
Fig. 2: the fallopian tubes
Fig. 3: ovarium, with round bodies on the outside
Fig. 4: one of those bodies, thought to be an egg
Fig. 5: one of these eggs found in the uterus of the sheep.
Engraved by J. Sturt (signature on copper plate).
Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society.
Fig. 1: Foetus of sheep in its membranes
Fig. 2: the fallopian tubes
Fig. 3: ovarium, with round bodies on the outside
Fig. 4: one of those bodies, thought to be an egg
Fig. 5: one of these eggs found in the uterus of the sheep.
Object history
Figures printed in Mr. Leeuwenhoek, 'Observations upon a fœtus, and the parts of generation of a sheep', Phil. Trans. vol. 32, no. 373 (1723), pp. 151-56.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
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