Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam
Reference number: EL/S1/119
Date: 14 March 1673
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Concerning the absence of the 'vena arteriosa' in certain dissected animals but have lungs; concerning the genitalia of the horn-nosed beetle
Figures mentioned and inserted in Letter Book 6 pages 58
Read to the Royal Society on 19 March 1673
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- EL/S1/119
- Earliest possible date
- 14 March 1673
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Jan Swammerdam, Letter, from Jan Swammerdam to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Amsterdam, 14 March 1673, EL/S1/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_119/letter-from-jan-swammerdam-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 23 June 2025
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