Microscopical observations of the development of the ant mb-code 1619693 and the location of Kirkdale

and the location of Kirkdale Cave

Signed and inscribed lower left 'Wm

it was discontinued in 1961 in favour of the A40 MkII

Original typescript inscription reads: 'View of the Great Fissure occupied by a New Lake looking South from Mount Tarawera

Microscopical observations of the development of the ant mb-code 1619693 and the location of KirkdaleIllustrations 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