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Signed autograph
Asking for acknowledgements for previous letters; encloses an extract of a letter he sent to Lambert van Velthuysen (EL/L1/44) and then discusses bladder-stones
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 3, p 105

Reference number
EL/L1/45
Earliest possible date
13 October 1679
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft, 13 October 1679, EL/L1/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_45/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-delft, accessed on 14 December 2024

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