Microscopical observations of the development of the ant mb-code 1619693 The wife is in her

The wife is in her boudoir talking with counsellor Silvertongue

and the location of Kirkdale Cave

Signed and inscribed lower left 'Wm

Sunday 15th November 1970

Microscopical observations of the development of the ant mb-code 1619693 The wife is in herIllustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated 9 September 1687. The illustrations show: a fully formed ant inside an egg, as (incorrectly) observed by J F Griendelius and illustrated in his work Micrographia Nova (Nuremberg, 1687) (fig. 1); an ant egg (fig. 2); ant larva developing in an egg (fig. 3); a dead ant larva inside a partially dried egg (fig. 4); ant larvae (figs. 5 and 6); the