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Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society

Reference number: EL/L2/2

Date: 01 January 1686

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Original letter dated 2 April 1686
Leeuwenhoek answers queries raised from letter dated 12 October 1685 (EL/L1/77) about the structure of cotton seed, the sweat glands of the skin and the slime of fish; examines the eggs of frogs; concerning the structure of bone; observations of the growth of tree bark, and compares this to skin; observes the growth of human skin
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Translation of EL/L2/1

Reference number
EL/L2/2
Earliest possible date
01 January 1686
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 01 January 1686, EL/L2/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l2_2/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 November 2025

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