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

Reference number: EL/L4/19a

Date: 01 January 1707

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Observations of and experiments with red coral, revising thoughts which were made in letter EL/L3/84 dated 29 December 1705
English translation is EL/L4/19b
English translation is printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 26, no 316, p 126

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EL/L4/19a
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01 January 1707
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8 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 the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 01 January 1707, EL/L4/19a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_19a/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 22 April 2026

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