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
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- 05 July 1707
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- 8 pages
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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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VI. Part of a letter written to Signior Antonio Magliabechi, by Mr Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek, F. R. S. concerning the particles of silver dissolved in aqua fortis, &c. External link, opens in new tab.
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Date: 1st August 1707
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