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Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/H3/73

Date: 01 January 1680

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Observations of the testicles and spermatozoids of a rat
Leeuwenhoek's letter was dated 5 April 1680

Reference number
EL/H3/73
Earliest possible date
01 January 1680
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek [to the Royal Society], 01 January 1680, EL/H3/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_73/translation-of-a-letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 04 December 2024

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