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Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jan Swammerdam, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/82

Date: 24 April 1672

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Thanks for Swammerdam's gift; concerning delivery of letters and parcels from Swammerdam; discussing the work of Nehemiah Grew and of Marcello Malpighi's on the anatomy of plants; concerning Malpighi's investigation of the egg

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EL/O2/82
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24 April 1672
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Jan Swammerdam, dated at London, 24 April 1672, EL/O2/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_82/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-jan-swammerdam-dated-at-london, accessed on 03 December 2024

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