Reference number | EL/L3/56 |
Level | Item |
Title | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at Delft, to the Royal Society |
Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist |
Date | 4 December 1703 |
Description | Signed autograph Observations of the shape of a grain of sand from the Dutch East Indies 13 figures in red chalk Read to the Royal Society on 26 January 1704 |
Language | Dutch |
Extent | 8 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Delft, South Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands |
Origin coordinates | 52.00667, 4.35556 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | English translation see EL/L3/57 Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 14, p 267 English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 289, p 1537 |
Copies | Colour tiff |
URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ff0e1a9b-469c-4027-9116-a65ad5d9822a |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); naturalist | 1632 - 1723 |