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RefNoEL/L3/26
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, dated at Delft
CreatorLeeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist
Date28 January 1701
DescriptionSigned 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
LanguageDutch
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0071
RelatedRecordEL/L3/27
JBO/10/212
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/93e9720d-4549-4a98-a1c8-a9653ae631f2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
NA8438van Leeuwenhoek; Antoni (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist1632 - 1723
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