Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Reference number: EL/H3/54
Date: 01 February 1677
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Thanks for sending his paper which was read at the Royal Society, but wants another paper to verify the discovery of small animals in pepper-water. Listed in "Catalogue of Manuscript Letters" as December 1677
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- EL/H3/54
- Earliest possible date
- 01 February 1677
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Robert Hooke, Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, 01 February 1677, EL/H3/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_54/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek, accessed on 17 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Robert Hooke
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