Reference number | EL/L3/28 |
Level | Item |
Title | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at Delft, to Hans Sloane |
Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist |
Date | 15 April 1701 |
Description | Observations of spermatozoa from cod; calculation of its size; observations of spermatozoa from ram and pike Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1701 |
Language | Dutch |
Extent | 5 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Delft, South Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands |
Origin coordinates | 52.00667, 4.35556 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Partial English translation see EL/L3/28a Transcribed in JBO/10/219 Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 13, p 291 English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 270, p 821 |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/34d3225f-2fa6-4c2e-815f-3326ca0ea130 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); naturalist | 1632 - 1723 |
NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |