Letter, from Richard Waller to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London
Reference number: EL/W3/92
Date: 19 August 1714
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Thanks Leeuwenhoek for his observations on the texture of muscles, but regrets that official receipt will have to wait until October because the Royal Society was on its annual recess
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- EL/W3/92
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- 19 August 1714
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- 1 page
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Richard Waller
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Richard Waller, Richard Waller, Letter, from Richard Waller to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London, 19 August 1714, EL/W3/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_92/letter-from-richard-waller-to-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-dated-at-london, accessed on 23 June 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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Richard Waller
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