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

Reference number: EL/G1/9

Date: 31 March 1672

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States that he sends a copy of his treatise 'De mulierum organis' which reiterates his theory about the movement of semen

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EL/G1/9
Earliest possible date
31 March 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, 31 March 1672, EL/G1/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_9/letter-from-regnier-de-graaf-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-delft, accessed on 08 March 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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