Description | Signed autograph Concerning the plant 'Aloe': its epidermal cells; sap; calcium oxalate crystals in the raphide bundles; vascular bundles; spiral vessels; mucilage cells. Observations of red-veined dock. Read to the Royal Society on 1 and 8 November 1704 14 red-chalk figures attached Incomplete English translation is EL/L3/67 Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 23 English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 293, p 1730 |
Place origin | Delft, South Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands |