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

Reference number: EL/L3/85

Date: 01 January 1705

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Observations of pumice stone, its origins, and analysing its salts; observations of sponge and a theory about how it absorbs water; observations of coral
Original is EL/L3/84

Reference number
EL/L3/85
Earliest possible date
01 January 1705
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, 01 January 1705, EL/L3/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l3_85/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 22 July 2026

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