| RefNo | EL/L3/42 |
| 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 | 14 February 1702 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Stating that balsam, if rubbed onto the chest, cannot pass into the lungs; account of apparatus, designed by Leeuwenhoek, to inhale smoke and vapour; observations of the blood vessels in a sheep's lung; observations of Leeuwenhoek's phlegm; theory that cold air can harm the lungs
3 red-chalk figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 25 March 1702
English translation see EL/L3/43
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 14, p 75
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 23, no 279, p 1143 |
| Language | Dutch |
| Extent | 11p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1702.0015 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/L3/43 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/d45bc573-42bb-4506-8140-710c44c0ae1f |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |