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

Reference number: EL/L3/71a

Date: 01 January 1704

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Observations of fossilised ammonite and crinoids; analysing the constitution of the fossil by heating; observations of dice
Original is EL/L3/7
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 294, p 1774

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EL/L3/71a
Earliest possible date
01 January 1704
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 01 January 1704, EL/L3/71a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l3_71a/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 18 January 2026

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