Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society
Reference number: EL/L3/67
Date: 01 January 1704
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Concerning the plant 'Aloe': its epidermal cells; sap; calcium oxalate crystals in the raphide bundles; vascular bundles; spiral vessels; mucilage cells.
Observations of red-veined dock.
Some pages are missing
Original is EL/L3/66
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 293, p 1730
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- EL/L3/67
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1704
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- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 01 January 1704, EL/L3/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l3_67/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 October 2026
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