Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society
Reference number: EL/L1/77a
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Observations of the seeds of cotton, palm or date stones, cloves, nutmeg, gooseberries, currants, tulips; observations of the skin on the hand, and sweat pores, the crystalline humour and optic nerve of a horse, the gall and scales of fish
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 17, no 205, p 949
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, EL/L1/77a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_77a/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 18 April 2025
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III. An extract of a letter from Mr. Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, to the R. S. containing his observations on the seeds of cotton, palm, or date-stones, cloves, nutmegs, gooseberries, currans, tulips, cassia, lime-tree: On the skin of the hand, and pores, of sweat, the crystalline humour, optic nerves, gall, and scales of fish: and the figures of several salt particles, &c External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
Date: 1st November 1693
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1693.0073
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