Fern, seed cases, seeds
Date
1705
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Technique
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Description
Seven figures from issue 297 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. Botanical study of a fern from the Polypodium family.
Figure 2, 6, 7. Seed case of a fern, viewed from different angles, with stalk.
Figure 3-5. Microscopic studies of three fern seeds, and one seed in two magnifications.
Illustrations to ‘Observations on the seed-vessels and seeds of polypodium. In a letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, issue 297 (April 1705). Letter sent from Leeuwenhoek in April 1705 with original illustrations can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/L3/79.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Figure 1. Botanical study of a fern from the Polypodium family.
Figure 2, 6, 7. Seed case of a fern, viewed from different angles, with stalk.
Figure 3-5. Microscopic studies of three fern seeds, and one seed in two magnifications.
Illustrations to ‘Observations on the seed-vessels and seeds of polypodium. In a letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, issue 297 (April 1705). Letter sent from Leeuwenhoek in April 1705 with original illustrations can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/L3/79.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
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