. A Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Barks of Trees . ts that v;ere cut acrofs did not confift of roundCanals, but of Y .xangular ones, which is agreeable to themoft perfect order, becaufe it prevents all the vacuitiesbetween the; \ j and I imagin to my felf, that in cafe onecould procure a piece of Cork, before it had been made(Irak and flat, after the abovementioned manner, wemould fee the Canals To cut acrofs, as in Fig. 15, betweenR ST. U, much more perfectly than we now do. Where-as by the bending it to make it ftrait, a great manyCanals are difplaced and di
. A Letter from Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the Barks of Trees . ts that v;ere cut acrofs did not confift of roundCanals, but of Y .xangular ones, which is agreeable to themoft perfect order, becaufe it prevents all the vacuitiesbetween the; \ j and I imagin to my felf, that in cafe onecould procure a piece of Cork, before it had been made(Irak and flat, after the abovementioned manner, wemould fee the Canals To cut acrofs, as in Fig. 15, betweenR ST. U, much more perfectly than we now do. Where-as by the bending it to make it ftrait, a great manyCanals are difplaced and difordered ; as in the cutting ofit with a Knife the exceeding fine Membranes, of whichthe Canal* are compos Jd, are often torn and broke topieces* This is what I have thought fit to trouble you withabout Cork, but if 1 were Matter of that Wood whichproduces it, 1 fhould receive greater fatisfaftion 3 where*as I cannot now conceive how the vaft number of Hori-zontal Veflels which arefeen in the Cork, and of whichthe whole Cork confifts, can be produced by the Woodthereof. III. fartphiltrans02702004. 14
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