Microscopic views of muscle fibres and red blood cells of fish mb-code 1237529 Home of the Worshipful Company

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Microscopic views of muscle fibres and red blood cells of fish mb-code 1237529 Home of the Worshipful CompanyIllustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated March 1682. An English extract was printed in Philosophical Collections ed. Robert Hooke (London, 1682) no. 5, pp. 152 160. The illustrations show the muscle fibres of a cod (fig. 4); and the nucleus in erythrocytes (red blood cells) of fishes (fig. 5). Original: red chalk on paper. 1682