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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L2/45

Date: 08 December 1693

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Covering letter for letter EL/L2/44
States that he sends his observations of the reproduction of a flea, in printed form, and hopes that this will be acceptable. Leeuwenhoek did not send a signed autograph
Read at Royal Society on 13 December 1693
See EL/L2/44 for printed letter
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 265; for background information on this letter see note 1, p 207 of the same volume

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EL/L2/45
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08 December 1693
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Richard Waller, dated at Delft, 08 December 1693, EL/L2/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l2_45/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-richard-waller-dated-at-delft, accessed on 13 March 2026

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