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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L1/72

Date: 25 July 1684

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Signed autograph
Examination of the brain of a turkey, sheep, ox, and sparrow; measuring blood vessels in the human eye using grains of sand; discussion of moxa, Chinese remedy for gout; observations of lepers in Harlem and examinations of their skin; examination of the skin of eels
Original figures now no longer exist
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 4, p 253
English extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 15, no 168, p 883

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EL/L1/72
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25 July 1684
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23 pages
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 25 July 1684, EL/L1/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_72/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 06 December 2024

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