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

Reference number: EL/L2/55

Date: 10 July 1696

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Stating that he has received no reply from the Royal Society to letters he has sent; transcribes Christiaan Huygens' letter about the reproduction of eels; discusses the circulation of blood in eels; observations of mites; observations of the embryo of figs and of strawberries; observations of hairs on a lobster's leg
No original figures; engraved figures for publication attached
English translation see EL/L2/56
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 11, p 301
Translated extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 221, p 269

Reference number
EL/L2/55
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10 July 1696
Page extent
17 pages
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Manuscript and engravings
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 10 July 1696, EL/L2/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l2_55/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 19 January 2025

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