Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L3/1
Date: 05 April 1697
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Experiments with magnets; explanations of a meniscus in a glass; observations of patients who have been given 'sympathetic' powder (solution based on copper sulphate) as a medicine
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See EL/L3/2 for English translation
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 12, p 137
Translated extract in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19, no 227, p 512
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- 05 April 1697
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 05 April 1697, EL/L3/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l3_1/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 16 March 2026
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III. Part of a letter from Mr. Antony van Leuwenhoeck, dated Apr. 5. 1697. giving an account of several magnetical experiments; and of one who pretended to cure or cause diseases at a distance, by applying a sympathetick powder to the urine External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Anthony Van Leuwenhoek
Date: 1st April 1697
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0084
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