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Published Continuatio Epistolarum (Continuation of the Letters), Letters 53-60 (3rd)

Date: 
January 1, 1715

Langerak published it in Leiden.

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Year Author Title
1689 Leeuwenhoek, A. van Continuatio Epistolarum
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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter 53 of 1687-04-04 (AB 98) to Members of the Royal Society about the structure of the teeth of elephant, pig, humans, ox, and horse and about toothache
Wrote Letter 54 of 1687-05-09 (AB 99) to Members of the Royal Society about the structure of 'stone' of the medlar and the coffee bean and acid in plants
Wrote Letter 55 of 1687-06-13 (AB 100) to Members of the Royal Society
Wrote Letter 56 of 1687-07-11 (AB 101) to Members of the Royal Society
Wrote Letter 57 of 1687-08-06 (AB 102) to Members of the Royal Society
Wrote Letter 58 of 1687-09-09 (AB 103) to Members of the Royal Society about ant eggs, larvae and its development, feeding, sting, cocoon and nest
Wrote Letter 59 of 1687-10-17 (AB 104) to Members of the Royal Society
Wrote Letter 60 of 1687-11-28 (AB 105) to Members of the Royal Society about his discovery that cochineal was an insect and his experiments with cinchona bark
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Life in Holland

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The Effects of Intemperance
Dancing Lesson
Harpsichord Lesson
Paying the Hostess

Woman Drinking with Soldiers

Woman Drinking with Two Men