Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L4/77
Date: 01 May 1722
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Signed autograph
Observations of the structure of fat particles
No original figures now exist
Read to the Royal Society on 21 June 1722
English translation see EL/L4/78
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 372, p 93
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- EL/L4/77
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- 01 May 1722
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- 7 pages
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 01 May 1722, EL/L4/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_77/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 15 May 2026
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II. A letter to the Royal Society concerning the particles of fat. By Mr. Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. Translated from the Dutch by John Chamberlayne, Esq; External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1723
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0020
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