Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L1/5
Date: 06 July 1674

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Copy by Leeuwenhoek
Observations of human and horse sweat, structure of human and animal hair, the motion of blood in narrow glass-pipes; concerning the structure of fat in cows, sheep and fish
Figures of glass-pipe in the margin
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 38
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 106, p 128
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, part 1, p 116
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 06 July 1674, EL/L1/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_5/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 15 February 2025
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Date: 21st September 1674
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