(Friedman 79) In 1694, Nicolaas Hartsoeker, in his Essai de Dioptrique concerning things large and small that could be seen with optical lenses, produced an image of a tiny human form curled up inside the sperm, which he referred to in the French as petit l'infant and le petit animal.
(Friedman 79) En 1694, Nicolaas Hartsoeker, nos seus Essai de Dioptrique sobre cousas grandes e pequenas que podían verse con lentes ópticas, obtivo unha imaxe dunha forma de home diminuto enroscado dentro do esperma, que el denominou en francés petit l'infant e le petit animal.