Crystalline lens
Date
1684
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
Nine figures from issue 165 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting various eyeball lenses, as viewed by the naked eye and by a microscope.
Figure 1. Human lens, viewed without a microscope.
Figures 2-6. Microscopic studies of a human lens, as viewed from different angles, showing the fibres within.
Figure 7. Codfish lens, without microscope.
Figures 8-9. Turkey lens, without microscope.
Illustrations to ‘A letter from Mr. Anthony Leewenhoeck Fellow of the Royal Society, dat. Apr. 14 1684. Containing observations about the sristallin humour of the eye &c’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 165 (20 November 1684).
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Figure 1. Human lens, viewed without a microscope.
Figures 2-6. Microscopic studies of a human lens, as viewed from different angles, showing the fibres within.
Figure 7. Codfish lens, without microscope.
Figures 8-9. Turkey lens, without microscope.
Illustrations to ‘A letter from Mr. Anthony Leewenhoeck Fellow of the Royal Society, dat. Apr. 14 1684. Containing observations about the sristallin humour of the eye &c’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 165 (20 November 1684).
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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