Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L1/24

Date: 30 October 1676

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Signed autograph
States that he was pleased with Dr Grew's remarks, although he could not understand them, and when he gets the letter translated he will reply
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 2, p 163
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 111

Reference number: EL/L1/24
Earliest possible date: 30 October 1676
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 30 October 1676, EL/L1/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_24/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 24 March 2025

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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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Henry Oldenburg
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