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Translated extract of two letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/L1/12

Date: 01 January 1675

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Observations of the crystallisation of salts and infusions - from Letter EL/L1/11
An account of digestion in humans - from Letter EL/L1/15
Translation by Oldenburg

Reference number
EL/L1/12
Earliest possible date
01 January 1675
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translated extract of two letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1675, EL/L1/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_12/translated-extract-of-two-letters-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 22 May 2025

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