Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L1/3
Date: 16 April 1674
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Signed autograph
Concerning the delivery of letters and asking Oldenburg to befriend van Conincxbrugh
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 562
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, part 1, p 78
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- EL/L1/3
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- 16 April 1674
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 16 April 1674, EL/L1/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_3/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 05 October 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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