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RefNoEL/L3/6
LevelItem
TitleTranslated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society
CreatorLeeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist
Date1698
DescriptionObservations of the compound eye of a beetle and calculations about the number of facets; observations through the human cornea; observations of the legs, cornea and ommatidia of a drone fly; observations of the brain of a gnat
Translation of EL/L3/5
Translated extracted printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 20, no 240, p 169
LanguageEnglish
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0026
RelatedRecordEL/L3/5
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ece31d4e-5a2d-468c-b1cc-a8f5a1f12e89
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8438van Leeuwenhoek; Antoni (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist1632 - 1723
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