May 25, 1686 |
Edmond Halley wrote Letter L-176 to Leeuwenhoek about a gift from the Royal Society and requesting some portraits |
May 29, 1686 |
The Royal Society decided to send a gift to Leeuwenhoek, De Historia Piscium by Francis Willughby |
June 5, 1686 |
The Royal Society read part of Letter L-173 about bone and wood |
June 26, 1686 |
The Royal Society officers declared their satisfaction with the election of Edmond Halley |
July 10, 1686 |
The Royal Society read part of Letter L-177 about how the leaves, root, and stem are wrapped up with the seeds |
July 17, 1686 |
The Royal Society ordered that Letter L-178 about the texture of oakwood be translated |
April 16, 1687 |
The Royal Society ordered that Letter L-186 about teeth be translated |
April 23, 1687 |
The Royal Society read part of Letter L-186 about the structure of teeth |
May 7, 1687 |
The Royal Society read the latter part of Letter L-186 about the teeth of various animals |
May 14, 1687 |
The Royal Society read and discussed part of Letter L-187 about embryo plants in seeds |
June 4, 1687 |
The Royal Society read and discussed part of Letter L-187 about coffee |
June 18, 1687 |
The Royal Society read part of Letter L-175 about gall nuts, over a year after receiving it |
November 26, 1687 |
The Royal Society read part of Letter L-192 about the generation of ants |
December 3, 1687 |
The Royal Society read and discussed the latter part of Letter L-192 about the generation of ants |
December 11, 1687 |
The Royal Society ordered that Letter L-194 be translated |
February 1, 1692 |
Robert Hooke called Leeuwenhoek the microscope's "single votary" |
January 31, 1693 |
editor Richard Waller began publishing Leeuwenhoek again in Philosophical Transactions |
November 30, 1693 |
Hans Sloane was elected Secretary of the Royal Society and editor of Philosophical Transactions, publishing 68 articles by Leeuwenhoek over the next twenty years |
January 1, 1700 |
Visited (possibly) by Hans Sloane, his editor at Philosophical Transactions |
May 18, 1707 |
The Royal Society read Letter L-452 of 1707-05-17 about bezoar stone and unanswered letters |