Microscopic specimens
Date
1673
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
10 figures from issue 97 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting various parts of a honeybee’s anatomy.
Figure 1. Stylus of a stinger.
Figure 2. Profile view of a barbed lancet of a stinger.
Figure 3. Complete stinger.
Figure 4. Plan view of a barbed lancet of a stinger.
Figure 5 and 6. Both barbed lancets of a stinger.
Figure 7 and 8. Mandibles.
Figure 9 and 10. Antenna.
Illustrations to ‘The figures of some of Mr. Leewenhoecks microscopial observations, formerly publish’t (in numb. 94. P. 6037. 6038.) together with their explication’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, issue 97.
Figure 1. Stylus of a stinger.
Figure 2. Profile view of a barbed lancet of a stinger.
Figure 3. Complete stinger.
Figure 4. Plan view of a barbed lancet of a stinger.
Figure 5 and 6. Both barbed lancets of a stinger.
Figure 7 and 8. Mandibles.
Figure 9 and 10. Antenna.
Illustrations to ‘The figures of some of Mr. Leewenhoecks microscopial observations, formerly publish’t (in numb. 94. P. 6037. 6038.) together with their explication’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, issue 97.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
Associated place