Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/L1/23

Date: 01 January 1676

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Discovery of organisms in rain-, well-, moat-, sea-, and river-water, and in infusions of various spices
Original see EL/L1/22
Partial translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 133, p 821

Reference number: EL/L1/23
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1676
Page extent: 10 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1676, EL/L1/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_23/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 09 October 2024

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Observations, communicated to the publisher by Mr. Antony van Leewenhoeck, in a dutch letter of the 9th Octob. 1676. here English'd: concerning little animals by him observed in rain-well-sea- and snow water; as also in water wherein pepper had lain infused External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 25th March 1677

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1677.0003

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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft
Creator: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L1/22

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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 L1 (Leeuwenhoek)
1674-1686 Reference number: EL/L1

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