Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9609
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Microscopic views of duckweed and microorganisms
Date
1702
Creator
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 154mm
width (drawing): 178mm
width (drawing): 178mm
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Description
Leeuwenhoek’s observations of duckweed and the freshwater microorganisms (‘animalcules’) attached to it; including ciliates, vorticellids, rotifera (fig 3) and the budding of hydra (fig 4). Illustrations accompanying a letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 25 December 1702.
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