his microscopes were less

than two inches long and were used by

holding one side close to the tiny lens
and looking at the sample suspended on a
pin as a good merchant he needs to keep
his microscope secret but that wouldn't
be possible for long van Leeuwenhoek was
a curious man so he started analyzing
anything he could get his hands on he
sent his discoveries on mold licensees
to the Royal Society in London who were
familiar with similar work however his
next discovery caused the scientists
that question his credibility as it was
something completely unknown to them van
Leeuwenhoek had come upon an infinity of
tiny animals in pond water which he
called animal cures they are now known
as microbes this was the first ever
sighting of single-celled organisms so
no wonder the Royal Society didn't trust
him van Leeuwenhoek was forced to show
his microscopes to various political and
religious personalities they sent to
prove he was of sound mind and they
finally believed him van Leeuwenhoek
never wrote a book his discoveries were
all communicated through hundreds of
letters to the Royal Society
these included the description of blood
cells the confirmation that blood
travels through capillaries and the
siting of moving cells in human sperm
which helped to refute the spontaneous
generation theory science would never be
seen with the same eyes again
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving
Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's
national academy of sciences.

At a young age, Leeuwenhoek lost his biological father. His mother later
married painter Jacob Jansz Molijn. When his stepfather died in 1648,
Leeuwenhoek was sent to Amsterdam to become an apprentice to a linen
draper. Returning to Delft when he was 20, he established himself as a
draper and haberdasher. He was married in 1654 to a draper’s daughter. By
the time of her death, in 1666, the couple had five children, only one of
whom survived childhood. Leeuwenhoek remarried in 1671; his second wife
died in 1694.