Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L1/66
Date: 04 April 1682

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Signed autograph
Observations of the structure of the muscle tissue of lobsters and shrimps
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 3, p 417
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- EL/L1/66
- Earliest possible date
- 04 April 1682
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft, 04 April 1682, EL/L1/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_66/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-delft, accessed on 24 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Robert Hooke
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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