Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L1/1
Date: 15 August 1673
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Sends figures of the anatomy of the bee and gives an account of its sting; an account of the structure and growth of wood and the motions of fluids in wood; concerning the food and digestion of a louse; about the compression of air (with figures of tubes in the margins). For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 114
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, part 1, p 40
English translation of Leeuwenhoek's letter on the compression of air printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 102, p 21
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 15 August 1673, EL/L1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_1/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 10 December 2024
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Considerations of Mr. Leewenhoeck, touching the compression of the air; sent to the publisher in his letter of August 15 1673 External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
Date: 27th April 1674
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1674.0009
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