Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft
Reference number: EL/L4/87
Date: 01 August 1723
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Concerning the reproduction of micro-organisms and about the palpitation of the diaphragm.
One of Leeuwenhoek's final two letters to the Royal Society, translated into Latin at Leeuwenhoek's request by Dr Jan Hoogvliet, see Hoogvliet's covering letter at EL/H3/112
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 380, p 438
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- EL/L4/87
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- 01 August 1723
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- 6 pages
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to James Jurin, dated at Delft, 01 August 1723, EL/L4/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_87/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-james-jurin-dated-at-delft, accessed on 16 March 2025
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IV. Ejusdem viri clarissimi ad eundem epistola posthuma. De generatione animalium, & de palpitatione diaphragmatis External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1723
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0088
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Letter, from Johannes Hoogvliet to James Jurin, dated at Delft
Creator: Johannes Hoogvliet Reference number: EL/H3/112
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James Jurin
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