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Content Type Title Taxonomy term(s)
Sources Resurrecting Van Leeuwenhoek’s rotifers
Pages Revenue
Sources Revisiting Antony van Leeuwenhoek
People Richard Waller
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-215 to Leeuwenhoek about his recent observations and the structure of grass
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-224 to Leeuwenhoek about colors of feathers and univocal generation
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-234 to Leeuwenhoek, asking him to examine the colors of birds' feathers and other bodies, such as silk, paint, and mercury and whether he had observed sperm inside of an egg
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-243 to Leeuwenhoek about recent observations, to request a portrait, and to introduce Mr. Walfort, who delivered it
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-502 of 3 March 1714 to discuss recent observations about muscles
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-503 to Leeuwenhoek on behalf of the Royal Society about recent observations on muscle fibers and numbers of Philosophical Transactions
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-505 to Leeuwenhoek about how the Royal Society received his observations
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-506 about Letter L-504 and promised to publish whatever Leeuwenhoek sent
Events Richard Waller wrote Letter L-508 to Leeuwenhoek about the receipt of his latest letter and the Royal Society's annual recess
People Rijckje van Leeuwen
People Robbert Gordon
Events Robbert Gordon wrote to the Royal Society attesting to the number of little animals in Leeuwenhoek's infusions
People Robert Boyle
People Robert Hooke
Events Robert Hooke again failed, using an improved microscope
Sources Robert Hooke and The Royal Society of London
Events Robert Hooke called Leeuwenhoek the microscope's "single votary"
Events Robert Hooke demonstrated the superiority of single-lens over double-lens microscopes
Events Robert Hooke died
Events Robert Hooke failed to demonstrate "minute animals" in pump water. The Royal Society read the testimonials from people in Delft.
Events Robert Hooke finally succeeded in replicating Leeuwenhoek's observations of little animals
Events Robert Hooke produced Letter L-114 of 1681-11-04 from Leeuwenhoek
Events Robert Hooke produced the two letters of 1680-06-14 from Leeuwenhoek at a meeting of the Royal Society
Events Robert Hooke produced two experiments on blood and milk and read the latter part of the Letter L-067 of 1678-01-14 about phlegm and little animals in pepper water
Events Robert Hooke read his Letter L-117 of 1682-03-20 and Leeuwenhoek's reply, Letter L-119 of 1682-04-04 about muscles of crabs, lobsters, and shrimp
Events Robert Hooke read his paper about his microscopic observations and methods
Events Robert Hooke read his translation of Letter L-080 of 1679-04-25 at a weekly meeting of the Royal Society
Events Robert Hooke read Letter L-067 of 1678-01-14 at a meeting of the Royal Society
Events Robert Hooke read Letter L-085 to Huygens of 1679-05-20 about the number and size of little animals in ginger water
Events Robert Hooke read Letter L-102 of 1680-04-05 about rat sperm and organisms in gills of oysters and sap of vines
Events Robert Hooke read Letter L-114 of 1681-11-04
Events Robert Hooke read part of Letter L-096 of 1680-01-12 about the structure of wood

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