| RefNo | EL/L3/47 |
| 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 | 25 December 1702 |
| Description | Signed autograph
Observations of duckweed, its roots and reproduction; observations of ciliates, vorticellids and rotifera and the budding of hydra, an asexual form of procreation, all of which are attached to duckweed
Read to the Royal Society on 17 February 1702
7 red-chalk figures attached
English translation see EL/L3/48
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 14, p 159
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 23, no 283, p 1304
B&W negative of last page, Box N101. |
| Language | Dutch |
| Extent | 13p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1702.0042 |
| RelatedRecord | EL/L3/48 |
| Copies | Digital image |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/7b1efe97-7f92-4afd-829c-952f2295973a |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8438 | Leeuwenhoek; Antoni van (1632 - 1723); tradesman and microscopist | 1632 - 1723 |