LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
1632 – 1723
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Jan Verkolje · rijksmuseum.nl · Public domain
1674 CE
#860
Microscopical observations concerning blood, milk, bones, the brain, spittle, and cuticula, etc.
First really accurate description of the red blood corpuscles, which Swammerdam had noted in 1658.
1684 CE
#2464.1
An abstract of a letter…Sep. 17, 1683. Containing some microscopical observations, about animals in the scurf of the teeth.
Records discovery of bacteria in the mouth, with the first illustrations of the basic types – what were much later called cocci (round or oval), bacilli (rod-shaped) and spiriillum (spiral) forms. Although Leeuw…
1686 CE–1718 CE
#265
Ontledingen en ontdekkingen.... 6 vols.
Leeuwenhoek, one of the first and also one of the greatest of the microbiologists, communicated many of his discoveries to the Royal Society in London. This set is a collection in Dutch of many contributions that van …
1718 CE
#9494
Send-Brieven, zoo aan de Hoog-edele Heeren van de Koninklyke Societeit te Londen, als aan andere Aansienelyke en Geleerde Lieden....
In his letter of 2 March 1717 (letter XXXII) addressed to Abraham van Bleyswyk and first published in this edition, Leewenhoek provided the first morphologic description of nerve fibers accompanied by illustrations. &…
1939 CE–2015 CE
#12964