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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L3/72

Date: 03 March 1705

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Signed autograph
Observations of a sample of vitrified matter from a hay-rick which had been burnt
Read to the Royal Society on 11 April 1705
English translation is EL/L3/73
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 125
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 296, p 1856

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EL/L3/72
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03 March 1705
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft, 03 March 1705, EL/L3/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l3_72/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-delft, accessed on 14 December 2025

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