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

Reference number: EL/L4/2

Date: 01 January 1706

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An account of an East Indian tree Euwane and mixing Leeuwenhoek's blood with a solution of the crushed tree's seed and water; the effects of a drink made from hempseed; observations of a dissected hempseed
Original is EL/L4/1
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25, no 305, p 2205

Reference number: EL/L4/2
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1706
Page extent: 3 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 1706, EL/L4/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_2/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 22 July 2026

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III. Microscopical observations on the seeds of several East-India plants External link, opens in new tab.

Author: Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek

Date: 1st March 1706

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1706.0003

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters L4 (Leeuwenhoek)
1707-1723 Reference number: EL/L4

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