Fish hearts
Date
1708
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Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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4 figures from issue 319 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. Heart of an unidentified species of pike, esox.
Figure 2. Heart of an unidentified species of salmon, salmo.
Figure 3. The ventricle of the salmon heart.
Figure 4. The bulbus arteriosus of the salmon heart.
Illustrations to ‘I. A letter from Mr. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the circulation of the blood in fishes, &c’ by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 26, issue 319 (August 1708).
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
Figure 1. Heart of an unidentified species of pike, esox.
Figure 2. Heart of an unidentified species of salmon, salmo.
Figure 3. The ventricle of the salmon heart.
Figure 4. The bulbus arteriosus of the salmon heart.
Illustrations to ‘I. A letter from Mr. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the circulation of the blood in fishes, &c’ by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 26, issue 319 (August 1708).
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680.
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
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