Microscopic views of duckweed and microorganisms mb-artistname W Bunney ' Individual figures are pasted

' Individual figures are pasted onto a backing board

took place during the Protestants' persecution in the reign of Mary I

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View of Somerset House on the Strand and the Adelphi beyond

Microscopic views of duckweed and microorganisms mb-artistname W Bunney ' Individual figures are pastedLeeuwenhoek'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. Original: red chalk on paper. 1702