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Letter, from Richard Waller to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London

Reference number: EL/W3/87

Date: 22 June 1714

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Concerning observations of the fibres of muscles and about the muscles of insects; states that his letter will be printed in the next 'Philosophical Transactions'

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EL/W3/87
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22 June 1714
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Richard Waller

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Richard Waller, Richard Waller, Letter, from Richard Waller to Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, dated at London, 22 June 1714, EL/W3/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_87/letter-from-richard-waller-to-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 June 2025

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