Leewenhoeck 1677 Phil Trans
| Leewenhoeck A (1677) Observation, communicated to the publisher by Mr. Antony van Leewenhoeck, in a Dutch letter of the 9 Octob. 1676 here English'd: concerning little animals by him observed in rain-well-sea and snow water; as also in water wherein pepper had lain infused. Phil Trans 12:821–31. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1677.0003 |
Leewenhoeck A (1677) Phil Trans
Abstract: In the year 1675 I discovered living creatures in Rain water, which had stood but few days in a new earthen pot, glased blew within. This invited me to view this water with great attention, especially those little animals appearing to me ten thousand times less than those represented by Mons. Swamerdam and called by him Water fleas or Water-lice, which may be perceived in the water with the naked eye’.
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Organism: Plants, Protists, Eubacteria, Archea
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Leeuwenhoek's comparison with bacteria leaves open the tantalizing possibility that he had even seen organelles such as mitochondria, which with a diameter of 0.5–1 µm would have pushed his microscopical resolution to the limits.
- Lane N (2015) The unseen world: reflections on Leeuwenhoek (1677) 'Concerning little animals'. Phil Trans R Soc B 370:20140344. »Open Access«
