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Translation of letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society and Antonio Magliabechi

Reference number: EL/L4/9

Date: 05 July 1707

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Acknowledging receipt of a letter and that he encloses a letter to Antonio Magliabechi (translation of EL/L4/8)
Letter to Antonio Magliabechi is dated 12 March 1705 concerning Leeuwenhoek's experiments with silver and aqua fortis (nitric acid and sulphuric acid) and gold and aqua regia (mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid)
Original is EL/L4/8
English translation of letter to Magliabechi is printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25, no 311, p 2425

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EL/L4/9
Earliest possible date
05 July 1707
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translation of letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society and Antonio Magliabechi, 05 July 1707, EL/L4/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_9/translation-of-letters-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-and-antonio-magliabechi, accessed on 09 October 2024

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