In rain water, I observed a small red worm and two other kinds of very minute insects; of those of the larger… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
I have divers times endeavoured to see and to know, what parts the Blood consists of; and at length I have observ'd,… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
In the year 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water. — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
No one can pretend to say that a fish is ever killed by heat, for many kinds of fish, in the middle… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
Examining this water...I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise...and I judge that some of these… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
Passing just lately over this lake, ... and examining this water next day, I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
The 31th of May, I perceived in the same water more of those Animals, as also some that were somewhat bigger. And… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
I have lately examined water, in which beaten pepper was steeped, and found two sorts of animals for shape, and each of… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
We will admit that, out of the mud or sand which is found on the seashore or the beds of our rivers,… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
If any person examines by the microscope that part towards the extremity of the spider's body from whence its thread proceeds, he will observe… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
In rain water, I observed a small red worm and two other kinds of very minute insects; of those of the larger size, I… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
I have often endeavoured to view the circulation of the blood in terrestrial animals, but without success, by reason that no parts of their… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
In treating of the oak, I have considered that the species of it growing in warm climates is superior to that which is produced… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
I observed certain animalcules, within whole bodies I saw so quick a motion as to exceed belief; they were about the size of a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
Whenever I found something remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people be… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
Man comes not from an egg but from an animalcule that is found in male sperm. — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
I've spent more time than many will believe [making microscopic observations], but I've done them with joy, and I've taken no notice those who… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
I have divers times endeavoured to see and to know, what parts the Blood consists of; and at length I have observ'd, taking some… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
The 4th sort of creatures... which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged,… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature! — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
