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

Reference number: EL/L1/25

Date: 23 March 1677

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The methodology for calculating the number of living organisms in a drop of water
States that he sends a Latin translation of his letter (see EL/L1/26)
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 2, p 197
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 223
English extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 134, p 844

Reference number: EL/L1/25
Earliest possible date: 23 March 1677
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 23 March 1677, EL/L1/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_25/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 10 December 2024

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Monsieur Leewenhoecks Letter to the publisher, wherein some account is given of the manner of his observing so great a number of little animals in divers forts of water, as was deliver'd in the next foregoing tract: English'd out of Dutch External link, opens in new tab.

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Date: 23rd April 1677

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1677.0009

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Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg
Creator: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L1/26

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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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