Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/H3/73

Date: 01 January 1680

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Observations of the testicles and spermatozoids of a rat
Leeuwenhoek's letter was dated 5 April 1680

Reference number: EL/H3/73
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1680
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Robert Hooke

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke, Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society], 01 January 1680, EL/H3/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_73/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 December 2025

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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters H3
1670-1728 Reference number: EL/H3

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Robert Hooke
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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