Antoni van Leeuwenhoek: defining proportion in the microscopic realm during the 17th century
This article examines comparisons Antoni van Leeuwenhoek made between everyday objects, such as grains of sand, millet seeds, and hairs, and the structures and objects he observed through his single-lens microscopes. These comparisons, their possible origins in commerce, and the variety of Leeuwenho...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/99620 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/99620 |