Was Antoni van Leeuwenhoek secretive? His experiments with insect corneas

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Was Antoni van Leeuwenhoek secretive? His experiments with insect corneas

Journal Article (2019)

Author(s)

Lesley A. Robertson (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)

Research Group

BT/Afdelingsbureau

Single-lensed microscope Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Dragonfly eyes Historical microbiology Honeybee eyes Insect corneas

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https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz194 Final published version

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Publication Year

2019

Language

English

Research Group

BT/Afdelingsbureau

Journal title

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Issue number

16

Volume number

366

Article number

fnz194

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Abstract

It is often claimed that Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was secretive about his methods. However, closer examination of his letters suggests that this reputation was not always deserved. Some letters were not published in the Royal Society Proceedings, and others were edited. This paper describes the repetition of his experiments with the eyes of bees and dragonflies using his own account of his experiments, despite the fact that only one of the four letters was published in the Proceedings.