RefNo | EL/L3/83 |
Level | Item |
Title | Translated extract of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Francisco Cornaro |
Creator | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632-1723); Dutch tradesman and scientist |
Date | 18 December 1705 |
Description | Observations of experiments with salts from pearls and from oyster shells Read at the Royal Society on 22 October 1707 Franesco Cornaro (1670-1734) was ambassador of the Republic of Venice from 1703 See EL/L4/10 for original letter Transcribed in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 15, p 235 English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25, no 311, p 2416 |
Language | English |
Extent | 11p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1706.0049 |
RelatedRecord | EL/L4/10 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6449b6f8-96dc-4a51-a3f0-68fb6b69acb3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8438 | van Leeuwenhoek; Antoni (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |