Leeuwenhoek's microscope Size:XL: 90 x 60cm The dome of St Paul's

The dome of St Paul's Cathedral

December 1981

showing a steam engine

or in the gallery above

Above is a description and to the sides are lists of Nelson's victories and rewards

Leeuwenhoek's microscope Size:XL: 90 x 60cm The dome of St Paul'sSingle lens microscope, replica of an instrument by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek developed his own very strong microscopes. Each had a tiny single lens, but they could magnify up to 250 times. Van Leeuwenhoek investigated the structure of muscles and plants , the shapes of crystals in grains of sand and much more. He was the first to describe microscopic organisms living in water. We know them today as bacteria and protozoa. 17th