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

Reference number: EL/L4/7

Date: 17 May 1707

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Signed autograph
Stating that several letters had been sent to the Royal Society but no answer had been received; observations of bezoar stone (found in the stomach and intestines of animals, usually ruminants)
Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1707
Original letter no longer exists
Transcribed in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 337

Reference number: EL/L4/7
Earliest possible date: 17 May 1707
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: 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, 17 May 1707, EL/L4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_7/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-delft, accessed on 14 December 2025

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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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John Chamberlayne
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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