Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L1/27
Date: 14 May 1677
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Investigating the structure of muscular tissue, the brain and spinal cord; investigating haemolysis (loss of haemoglobin from the red blood-cells); observations of vascular bundles in fruits and seeds; observations of the effects of moxa, the Chinese remedy against gout; observations of cotton, in particular, its usefulness for bandaging
Partial translation see EL/L1/28
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 2, p 209
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 278
Partial translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 136, p 899
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 14 May 1677, EL/L1/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_27/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 13 December 2024
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Mr. Leewenhoecks letter written to the publisher from Delft the 14th of May 1677, concerning the observations by him made of the carneous fibres of a muscle, and the cortical and medullar part of the brain; as also of moxa and cotton External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
Date: 25th June 1677
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1677.0027
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Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg
Creator: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L1/28
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