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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L4/1

Date: 19 March 1706

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Signed autograph
An account of the properties of the East Indian tree 'Euwane' and mixing Leeuwenhoek's blood with the crushed seed of the tree and water; the effects of a drink made from hempseed; observations of a dissected hempseed
Read to the Royal Society on 24 April 1706
English translation see EL/L4/2
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 283
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25, no 305, p 2205

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EL/L4/1
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19 March 1706
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5 pages
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 19 March 1706, EL/L4/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_1/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 20 July 2026

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