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Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft

Reference number: EL/L4/79

Date: 13 June 1722

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Signed autograph
Observations of the foetus from and the reproduction organs of a ewe
English translation see EL/L4/80
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 373, p 151

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EL/L4/79
Earliest possible date
13 June 1722
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft, 13 June 1722, EL/L4/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l4_79/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-delft, accessed on 09 December 2024

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