| Reference number | EL/L1/77a |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society |
| Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); tradesman and microscopist |
| Date | nd |
| Description | Observations of the seeds of cotton, palm or date stones, cloves, nutmeg, gooseberries, currants, tulips; observations of the skin on the hand, and sweat pores, the crystalline humour and optic nerve of a horse, the gall and scales of fish
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 17, no 205, p 949 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1693.0073 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/a19b14f9-6207-4dd0-847f-a95f0d2af889 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8438 | van Leeuwenhoek; Antoni (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |