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

Reference number: EL/L4/31

Date: 22 November 1709

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Signed autograph
Observations of Leeuwenhoek's head and facial hair; observations of the muscle of cod in relation to the width of a single strand of hair; observations of the grey hair of a 50 year old man and another man 10 years older
English translation see EL/L4/32
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 26, no 324, p 499

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EL/L4/31
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22 November 1709
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3 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, 22 November 1709, EL/L4/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_31/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-delft, accessed on 14 December 2025

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