Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L1/52
Date: 05 April 1680
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Observations of the testicles and spermatozoids of a rat; hopes to examine the semen of mussels; observations of organisms in the gills of oysters; observations of organisms in the sap of vines
Two ink figures: one of sperm and one of a testicle of a rat in a jar of water
EL/H3/73 for Robert Hooke's partial translation
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 3, p 201
English extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 17, no 196, p 593
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft, 05 April 1680, EL/L1/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_52/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-delft, accessed on 13 November 2024
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