| RefNo | EL/L3/62 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society |
| Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist |
| Date | 21 March 1704 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Observations of the cochineal (scale insect); observations of cactus glochid
Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1704
11 red-chalk figures attached
English translation see EL/L3/63
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 14, p 321
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 292, p 1614 |
| Language | Dutch |
| Extent | 16p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0026 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/L3/63 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/f31eb09d-0bd1-4b2c-9789-5cd48f1f05d3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |