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Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at Gresham College

Reference number: EL/H3/69

Date: 10 March 1682

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Discussing reception of Leeuwenhoek's papers at the Royal Society; observations of the fibrous tissue of muscles

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EL/H3/69
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10 March 1682
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Letter, from Robert Hooke to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at Gresham College, 10 March 1682, EL/H3/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_69/letter-from-robert-hooke-to-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-dated-at-gresham-college, accessed on 15 October 2024

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