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

Reference number: EL/L2/56

Date: 01 January 1696

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Transcribes Christiaan Huygens's 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
Translation of EL/L2/55
Translated extract printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 221, p 269

Reference number
EL/L2/56
Earliest possible date
01 January 1696
Page extent
17 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 01 January 1696, EL/L2/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l2_56/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 February 2025

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