Royal Microscopical Society

300 years of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • March 2 2023

In 2023, it is 300 years since Antoni van Leeuwenhoek passed away at the age of 90 after a life full of wonder, observations, and discoveries. Through his self-made lenses, he showed a micro-universe that had never before been seen by a human. The...

Sjaak Van Tiel over 40 Years of Collecting Postage Stamps (1986): I have many old stamps (strips), mainly from municipalities (including some that no longer exist) and a few from – I think – the royal family. Perhaps also Veldp…

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Peter over Delta Works: The Netherlands and water with climate adaptation: Thank you very much for the nice explanation of the design.

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Annet Hogendoorn over The piss-pots of Tilburg: Another super fun blog post, and educational :)

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Lars over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': Now just get those blueprints out of the catalog..

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Erik Boeré over Delft Blue Ceramic stamp a 'deception stamp': The best solution is probably to ignore the ceramics stamp altogether. Fortunately, as the NVPH/Catalog Committee, we already have…

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Yvonne Kruse over The piss-pots of Tilburg: What a nice article, Willem!

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