Arcana naturae detecta (1695) (14782520474)

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Title: Arcana naturae detecta

Year: 1695 (1690s)

Authors: Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723 Blois, Abraham de, fl. 1679-1720 Verkolje, Jan, b. 1650 Kroonevelt, Henrik van, fl. 1688-1700

Subjects: Microscopy Physiology Natural history

Publisher: Delphis Batavorum (Delft) : Apud Henricum a Krooneveld

Contributing Library: Research Library, The Getty Research Institute

Digitizing Sponsor: Research Library, The Getty Research Institute

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t protrufum , ftatim progrederetur,acfi jam dm aura fruftum eflet. Licet vero nullus dubitcm ,, Vir Nobilifl: quin ha*c exi-gua animalcula tibi nota (int , ea tamen delineari curavi ,ut tanto melius a Te perciperetur concinnus ordo & per-fe&io jii tam vili animalculo latens. Fig.,1. reprasfentat animalculum prafini coloris 5 ita utplane adultum nudo noftro oculo apparet. Fig. 2. ABCDKFGH idem reprasfentat a.nimalculumplane quoque adultum , & ultimse mutationi proximum ,in quo alce complicata: jara apparere incipiebant , cjua: inhac figura ip WX. exbibentur. InKlMN. exhibentur -6., pedes corumque articuli ,qui plurimis tenuiftimis breviftimifque pilis (unt obfiti snec non fmguli pcdes duabus.un. ulis armari. in F.. deh-ncatus eft alter ex nitidiflimis oculis , cujusformatio mirabilis quae microlcopio apparebat a piftoreexprimi non potuit. In II, defignatur .roftrum , quod animalculum germjni iive,caulj fpl.iprum ingerit, quo alimentumcapiat > in FZZ. duo cjusqornua; . In

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* ANTONII a LEEUWENHOEK. W In parre corporis poftica duo ere&a habet organa iniriediocraffifiima, qua? lepidiffime rorundis & concinno juxtaie mutuo pofiris ordine clypeolis funt obiita, quod hic inC. & B. reprxfentarur -, cx his organis faepe produci vidiexguam guttulam pellucidiflimi liquoris , ur hic in B.deiignatur. Magnam mihi voluptarem prazbuir gurrula? hujus liquorisfpectaculum , quia ubi ha?c gutrula in ahqua a microfcopiodiftantia erat locata, ea alterius microfcopii explebat vices 5etenim obje&a ut domus , rurres &c : pcr eam inverfa ,eaque adeo exigua & nitida apparebant , ut multis certeincredibile fir futurum. Vidi quoque , ubi gurrula quasdam liquorisexuna harumparnum forer prorrufa \ eani ilarim verfus corpus reduci. Jn DTUE. exhibetur cufpis aciculae, cui hoc animalcu-lum erat agglutinarum , cijm delincaretur. Fig. 3. rcprxfentat molem ejufmodi animalculi cum inmufcam mutatum eit. Dum piclor occupatus erar prsececkfnrium dclincationeiterum aliq

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