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Letter, from Regnier de Graaf to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/G1/10

Date: 12 July 1672

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Sends some prepared seminal vesicles to demonstrate the motion of semen; sends another copy of 'De succo pancreatico'

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EL/G1/10
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12 July 1672
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Regnier De Graaf

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Regnier De Graaf, Letter, from Regnier de Graaf to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft, 12 July 1672, EL/G1/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_10/letter-from-regnier-de-graaf-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 13 May 2025

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