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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L1/66

Date: 04 April 1682

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Signed autograph
Observations of the structure of the muscle tissue of lobsters and shrimps
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 3, p 417

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EL/L1/66
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04 April 1682
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6 pages
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke, dated at Delft, 04 April 1682, EL/L1/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l1_66/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-robert-hooke-dated-at-delft, accessed on 24 March 2025

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