Optic nerve
Date
1675
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
Figure depicting a section of the optic nerve of a cow, dried and observed by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
Illustrates ‘Microscopical observations of Mr. Leewenhoeck, concerning the optic nerve, communicated to the publisher in Dutch, and by him made English’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 10, issue 117 (26 September 1675).
The original letter containing this diagram can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/L1/9.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Illustrates ‘Microscopical observations of Mr. Leewenhoeck, concerning the optic nerve, communicated to the publisher in Dutch, and by him made English’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 10, issue 117 (26 September 1675).
The original letter containing this diagram can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/L1/9.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
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