| RefNo | EL/L4/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Translation of letters, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society and Antonio Magliabechi |
| Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist |
| Recipient | Magliabechi; Antonio (1633-1714); Italian scholar and bibliophile |
| Date | 5 July 1707 |
| Description | 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 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1706.0052 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/L4/8 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/88e2f339-fc03-4959-8ea4-63f831d22608 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |