| RefNo | EL/L3/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft |
| Date | 28 January 1701 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Observations of a gall on a willow; concerning larvae from cheese
Read to the Royal Society on 26 February 1701
8 red-chalk figures attached
English translation see EL/L3/27
Transcribed in JBO/10/212
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 13, p 245
English translation in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 269, p 786 |
| Language | Dutch |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0071 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/L3/27 |
| JBO/10/212 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/93e9720d-4549-4a98-a1c8-a9653ae631f2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |
| NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |