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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Richard Waller
Signed autograph Construction of an air pump and experiments with different liquids; finding chervil seeds, red currant seeds and small stones in three different samples of urine; discovery of a hog's hair in the skin of a child; pericarp and seed grain of wheat Four figures in red chalk on separate sheet English translation EL/L2/36 Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 3
22 April 1692 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/35
Construction of an air pump and experiments with different liquids; finding chervil seeds, red currant seeds and small stones in three different samples of urine; discovery of a hog's hair in the skin of a child; pericarp and seed grain of wheat Translation of EL/L2/35
01 January 1692 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/36
1693
Confirms receipt of letter and that he will send Latin translations of his letters Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 187
01 July 1693 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/42a
Covering letter for letter EL/L2/44 States that he sends his observations of the reproduction of a flea, in printed form, and hopes that this will be acceptable. Leeuwenhoek did not send a signed autograph Read at Royal Society on 13 December 1693 See EL/L2/44 for printed letter Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 265; for background information on this letter see note 1, p 207 of the same volume
08 December 1693 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/45
1694
Covering letter for EL/L2/46 Leeuwenhoek dated this incorrectly as 1693 Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 321
19 January 1694 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/42
Covering letter for EL/L2/48a Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 355
12 February 1694 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/48
Signed autograph Acknowledging receipt of Waller's letter and the sending of printed copies; stating that Mr Walfort had visited Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 10, p 139
26 May 1694 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/52
Signed autograph Sent a number of copies of his portrait to the Royal Society; concerning different opinions about the circulation of blood in animals Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 10, p 145
14 September 1694 Sender: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L2/53
1714
Concerning observations of the fibres of muscles and about the muscles of insects; states that his letter will be printed in the next 'Philosophical Transactions'
22 June 1714 Sender: Richard Waller Reference number: EL/W3/87
Discussing Leeuwenhoek's observations of the circulation of blood and a remedy for gout; discussing his own work on husks and beards of grasses and corns
Sender: Richard Waller Reference number: EL/W3/88
Concerning publication of 'Philosophical Transactions' and sending out copies
01 January 1714 Sender: Richard Waller Reference number: EL/W3/89