Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
![Portrait by [[Jan Verkolje]], after 1680](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Anthonie_van_Leeuwenhoek_%281632-1723%29._Natuurkundige_te_Delft_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-957.jpeg)
Raised in Delft, Dutch Republic, Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his youth and founded his own shop in 1654. He became well-recognized in municipal politics and developed an interest in lensmaking. In the 1670s, he started to explore microbial life with his microscope.
Using single-lensed microscopes of his own design and make, Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe and to experiment with microbes, which he originally referred to as , or . (translated into English as ''animalcules'', from )|group="note"}} He was the first to relatively determine their size. Most of the "animalcules" are now referred to as unicellular organisms, although he observed multicellular organisms in pond water. He was also the first to document microscopic observations of muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa, red blood cells, crystals in gouty tophi, and among the first to see blood flow in capillaries. Although Van Leeuwenhoek did not write any books, he described his discoveries in chaotic letters to the Royal Society, which published many of his letters in their ''Philosophical Transactions''. Provided by Wikipedia
Showing 1 - 18 results of 18 for search 'Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723', query time: 0.05s
Refine Results
-
1
Antonii van Leeuwenhoek Continuatio arcanorum naturae detectorum qua continetur quicquid hactenus ab auctore lingua vernacula editum, & in linguam latinam transfusum non fuit. by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1697Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Microfilm Book Loading… -
2
The Leeuwenhoek letter : a photographic copy of the letter of the 9th of October, 1676 / by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1937Call Number: Loading…Patrons must make an appointment to view Lib Use Only items
Located: Loading…
Book -
3
Epistolae ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam ... seu Continuatio mirandorum arcanorum naturae detectorum. by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1719Call Number: Loading…Patrons must make an appointment to view Lib Use Only items
Located: Loading…
Book -
4
Arcana naturae detecta by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1695Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Microfilm Book Loading… -
5
A specimen of some observations made by a microscope by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1673Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Microfilm Book Loading… -
6
Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek / by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1939Other Authors: “…Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723…”
Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Book Loading… -
7
Ontledingen en ontdekkingen van levende dierkens in de teel-deelen van verscheyde dieren, vogelen en visschen : van het hout met der selver menigvuldige vaaten : van hair, vlees, e... by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1684Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Microfilm Book Loading… -
8
Send-brieven zoo aan ... de Koninklyke Societeit te Londen : als aan andere aansienelyke en geleerde lieden, over verscheyde verborgentheden der natuure, namentlyk over het wonderl... by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1718Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Microfilm Book Loading… -
9
The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 2014Call Number: Loading…Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Located: Loading…
Electronic eBook -
10
Alle de Brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 2018Call Number: Loading…Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Located: Loading…
Electronic eBook -
11
The select works of Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, containing his microscopical discoveries in many of the works of nature. Translated from the Dutch and Latin editions published by the a... by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1798Call Number: Loading…Get full text
Located: Loading…
Electronic eBook -
12
The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 2021Call Number: Loading…Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Located: Loading…
eBook -
13
Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. The collected letters of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 2022Call Number: Loading…Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Located: Loading…
eBook -
14
The select works of Antony Van Leeuwenhoek, containing his microscopical discoveries in many of the works of nature. Translated from the Dutch and Latin editions published by the a... by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1800Call Number: Loading…Get full text
Located: Loading…
Electronic eBook -
15
On the circulation of the blood. : Latin text of his 65th letter to the Royal Society, Sept. 7th, 1688. Facsimile with an introd. / by Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723
Published 1962Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Book Loading… -
16
Antony van Leeuwenhoek and his "Little animals" : being some account of the father of protozoology and bacteriology and his multifarious discoveries in these disciplines. by Dobell, Clifford, 1886-1949
Published 1960Other Authors: “…Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723…”
Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Book Loading… -
17
Antony van Leeuwenhoek and his "Little animals" : being some account of the father of protozoology & bacteriology and his multifarious discoveries in these disciplines / by Dobell, Clifford, 1886-1949
Published 1958Other Authors: “…Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723…”
Call Number: Loading…
Located: Loading…Book Loading… -
18
Of an animalcule or small living creature, which is sometimes found in the livers of sheep and other beasts by Bidloo, Govard, 1649-1713
Published 1800Other Authors: “…Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723…”
Call Number: Loading…Full Text (via Gale)
Located: Loading…
Electronic eBook
Search Tools:
RSS Feed