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
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- 01 January 1704
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- 3 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/L3/71a, 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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III. A letter from Mr. Antony Van Leuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning some fossils of Swisserland, &c. External link, opens in new tab.
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