Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L4/53
Date: 22 June 1714

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Signed autograph
Wonders why the figures of the muscle fibres of whales were not published in the 'Philosophical Transactions', and hopes that they have not been lost; states that he is working on the fibres of the flesh of insects
Note in Dutch states that Leeuwenhoek had this letter translated into Latin for the Royal Society
English translation see EL/L4/54
EL/W3/80 and EL/W3/87 for Richard Waller's letters on this subject
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- EL/L4/53
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- 22 June 1714
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 22 June 1714, EL/L4/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_53/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 07 February 2025
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