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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L4/81

Date: 07 July 1722

Description

Signed autograph
Observations of calluses on hands and feet
No original figures now exist: 3 engraved figures attached
English translation see EL/L4/82
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 373, p 156

Reference number
EL/L4/81
Earliest possible date
07 July 1722
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 07 July 1722, EL/L4/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_81/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 12 December 2025

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