Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9102
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Section of elm wood
Date
1680
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 400mm
width (drawing): 165mm
width (drawing): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated 12 January 1680. An English extract of the letter was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 13 (1683), pp. 197-208. The figures show microscopic views of the fibres in a section of elm.
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