Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: EL/L1/30
Date: 01 January 1677

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Theory for the existence of different skin colours; observations of the reproduction of eels and their blood; observations of the reproduction of lice; compares the larvae of fleas with silk-worms; discusses Mr Swammerdam's views on fleas; demonstrating a grain of millet as a measure of capacity and states that he sends 8 testimonials about this (these have ref code EL/L1/29 and are found after this letter); numbers of organisms living in a drop of water
Translation of EL/L1/29
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- EL/L1/30
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- 01 January 1677
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- 3 pages
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1677, EL/L1/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_30/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 13 February 2025
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