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

Reference number: EL/O2/112

Date: 15 May 1673

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That the dispute between de Graaf and Swammerdam had been put before some Fellows for them to settle; that it had been suggested that Swammerdam should use the new microscope to view the fertilised but unincubated egg

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EL/O2/112
Earliest possible date
15 May 1673
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Regnier de Graaf, dated at London, 15 May 1673, EL/O2/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_112/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-regnier-de-graaf-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 May 2025

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