Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L3/31
Date: 21 June 1701
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Signed autograph
Concerning the taste of boiled water; observations of salt crystals in rain water; observations of the edges of knives
Read to the Royal Society on 9 July 1701
3 figures in red chalk attached
English translation see EL/L3/32
Transcribed in JBO/10/224
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 13, p 305
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 273, p 899
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft, 21 June 1701, EL/L3/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l3_31/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-delft, accessed on 14 December 2025
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II. A letter from Mr Antony van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. To Mr Chamberlaine, concerning the causes of the different tastes of waters and edge of razors. External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
Date: 1st August 1701
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0093
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Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne
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