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Paper, 'Some account of Mr Lewenhoecks curious microscopes, lately presented to the Royal Society' by Martin Folkes

Reference number: CLP/2/17

Date: 1724

Description

Details of items bequeathed to the Royal Society by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - microscopes and specimens contained within an India cabinet (listed).

Subject: Scientific Instruments / Optics

Read to the Royal Society on 23 January 1724.

Reference number
CLP/2/17
Earliest possible date
1724
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Martin Folkes

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Martin Folkes, Paper, 'Some account of Mr Lewenhoecks curious microscopes, lately presented to the Royal Society' by Martin Folkes, 1724, CLP/2/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_2_17/paper-some-account-of-mr-lewenhoecks-curious-microscopes-lately-presented-to-the-royal-society-by-martin-folkes, accessed on 13 December 2024

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