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Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek and His Observation on the Structure of the Woody Cell Wall

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek and His Observation on the Structure of the Woody Cell Wall IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 3 (1),1982 3 ANTONI V AN LEEUWENHOEK AND HIS OBSERVATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE WOODY CELL WALL by Pieter Baas Rijksherbarium, Leiden, The Netherlands Summary Following general remarks on the life of Van be traced back to negative but ill-informed judgements in some authoritative 19th and Leeuwenhoek and his role in wood anatomy, his account of the structure of a torn vessel 20th century publications (Baas, 1982a, b). wall of nutmeg rootwood is discussed in detail. Van Leeuwenhoek should be credited with The cross-wise orientation of minute 'vessels or many detailed and original wood and bark ana­ fibres' as observed and interpreted by Van tomical observations, but his work is not easily Leeuwenhoek can be considered to be the first accessible, being scattered in numerous letters, (unintentional) correct record of the fibrillar most of them also dealing with other microsco­ pic subjects. Although most of these letters nature of the woody cell wall. were published in various instalments and sev­ Introduction eral languages during Van Leeuwenhoek's life­ Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was born in 1632, time, this presentation cannot compete with 350 years ago, in Delft (the Netherlands) as the the balanced treatises by Grew http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IAWA Journal Brill

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek and His Observation on the Structure of the Woody Cell Wall

Baas, Pieter
IAWA Journal , Volume 3 (1): 4 – Jan 1, 1982
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IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 3 (1),1982 3 ANTONI V AN LEEUWENHOEK AND HIS OBSERVATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE WOODY CELL WALL by Pieter Baas Rijksherbarium, Leiden, The Netherlands Summary Following general remarks on the life of Van be traced back to negative but ill-informed judgements in some authoritative 19th and Leeuwenhoek and his role in wood anatomy, his account of the structure of a torn vessel 20th century publications (Baas, 1982a, b). wall of nutmeg rootwood is discussed in detail. Van Leeuwenhoek should be credited with The cross-wise orientation of minute 'vessels or many detailed and original wood and bark ana­ fibres' as observed and interpreted by Van tomical observations, but his work is not easily Leeuwenhoek can be considered to be the first accessible, being scattered in numerous letters, (unintentional) correct record of the fibrillar most of them also dealing with other microsco­ pic subjects. Although most of these letters nature of the woody cell wall. were published in various instalments and sev­ Introduction eral languages during Van Leeuwenhoek's life­ Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was born in 1632, time, this presentation cannot compete with 350 years ago, in Delft (the Netherlands) as the the balanced treatises by Grew

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Published: Jan 1, 1982

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