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

Reference number: EL/G1/7

Date: 29 June 1670

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Observations of the structure of testes - seminal vessels and 'vasa deferentia' - and wishes to close the dispute with Timothy Clarke; approves of Edmund King's experiments on testes
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EL/G1/7
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29 June 1670
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3 pages
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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, 29 June 1670, EL/G1/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_7/letter-from-regnier-de-graaf-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 14 December 2024

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