oscopesVan Leeuwenhoek's microscopic experiments and discoveriesVan Leeuwenhoek's microscopic discovery of microbial lifeVan Leeuwenhoek's letters to the Royal SocietyRelated topicsBacteriologyProtozoologyProtistologySpontaneous generationPreformationismAnimalculeMicroscopic scaleMicroscopic discovery of microorganismsMicroscopic discovery of bacteriaHistory of microbiologyOptical microscopyHistory of microscopyHistory of the microscopeInvention of the optical microscopeTimeline of microscope technologyGolden Age of Dutch exploration and discovery (c. 1590s–1720s)Golden Age of Dutch science and technologyScience and technology in the Dutch RepublicBiology and natural history in the Dutch RepublicRoyal SocietyScientific RevolutionRelated peopleClifford Dobell (Leeuwenhoek scholar)Brian J. Ford (Leeuwenhoek scholar)William DavidsonHenry OldenburgRegnier de GraafRobert Hooke (author of Micrographia)Nicolaas HartsoekerNicolas StenoJan SwammerdamJohannes 