Antony Van Leeuwenhoek And His Little Animals

In Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Master of the Minuscule, the life and discoveries of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, father of microbiology, are described in the context of the historical events of the Dutch Golden Age and discoveries of his contemporaries.

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Excerpt from Antony Van Leeuwenhoek and His "Little Animals" Being Some Account of the Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology and His Multifarious Discoveries in These Disciplines New Style dating was adopted in the Provinces Of Holland (wherein Delft is situated) and Brabant on 5 December 1582, which was called the i5th Of the month - thus advancing the Calendar by 10 days: though other Provinces Of the Netherlands (gelderland, Utrecht, Overyssel, Groningen, Friesland) did not recognize the new system until 1700. But in England the change was made even later, for it was not until 1752 that the Old Style was abolished by Act Of Parliament. The discrepancy between the Julian and the Gregorian systems having become 11 days in the year 1700, the English Calendar was corrected by calling the 3rd Of September (1752) the 14th. At the same time, the Old Anglican method Of commencing the year on March 25 (instead of January 1) was ended. Good Friday was New Year's Day in Delft before 1575, but not afterwards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.