Mauritius ebony wood and boxwood Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm View of James Sadler's balloon

View of James Sadler's balloon over Mermaid Gardens

Found in the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

shows Kenwood House in the distance

Elizabeth II

Mauritius ebony wood and boxwood Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm View of James Sadler's balloonIllustrations accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations, dated 12 January 1680. An English extract of the letter was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 13 (1683), pp. 197 208. The figures show: fibres in a section of ebony cut crosswise (no. 6, fig. 1) and lengthwise (no. 6, figs. 2 and 3); fibres in a section of boxwood cut crosswise (no. 7, fig. 1) and lengthwise (no. 7, fig. 2); a