The Royal Society ordered that Letter L-178 about the texture of oakwood be translated
Date:
July 17, 1686
Document:
Birch, History, vol IV, p. 493, 494, 7 July 1686 (O.S.) in London:
A letter of Mr. LEEWENHOECK, dated July 10, 1686, N.S. giving a microscopical account of the texture of oakwood was produced and ordered to be translated.
