| RefNo | EL/L3/79 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft |
| Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist |
| Date | 24 April 1705 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Observations of a fern ('Polypodium interjectum' Shivas); observations of the seed capsules (sori), the sporangia (grouped within the sori) and spores (contained with the sporangia); experiment to open and close the sporangia
Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1705
7 figures in red chalk attached
English translation is EL/L3/80
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 189
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 297, p 1868 |
| Language | Dutch |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0061 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/L3/80 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/4bb08e8a-e476-4cb5-b41d-edd680ff1fc8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |