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EL - 'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
- L3 - Early Letters L3 (Leeuwenhoek)

RefNo	EL/L3/77
Level	Item
Title	Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft
Creator	Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist
Date	27 March 1705
Description	Signed autograph Theory that bark tissue is formed from the wood; cross sections and pictures of vessels and cells of bark and wood tissue from different species (eg lime, cinnamon, cherry, birch); cross sections and pictures of vessels and cells from cork Read to the Royal Society on 25 April 1705 16 figures in red chalk attached English translation is EL/L3/78 Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 157 English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 24, no 296, p 1843
Language	Dutch
Extent	14p
Format	Manuscript
Place origin	Delft, South Holland, (United Provinces) Netherlands
Origin coordinates	52.00667, 4.35556
Digital images	View item on Science in the Making
AccessStatus	Open
RelatedMaterial	DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0056
RelatedRecord	EL/L3/78
URLDescription	Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
URL	http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/cc5ef0e2-10b7-493b-859e-49b628dfd876

Fellows associated with this archive

Code	PersonName	Dates
NA8438	van Leeuwenhoek; Antoni (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist	1632 - 1723

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