Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L1/38

Date: 27 September 1678

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Signed autograph
The effect of sun on Leeuwenhoek's skin; observations of saliva; observations of a disease affecting meadows outside Delft
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 2, p 381

Reference number: EL/L1/38
Earliest possible date: 27 September 1678
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft, 27 September 1678, EL/L1/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_38/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-nehemiah-grew-dated-at-delft, accessed on 11 September 2024

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Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew, dated at Delft
Creator: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Reference number: EL/L1/39

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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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Nehemiah Grew
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