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  <dc:title>Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Delft</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Signed autograph
Observations of the crystallisation of salts and infusions; observations of vinegar, Spanish soap and common soap, aqua fortis (nitric acid and sulphuric acid), pepper, mustard; observations of the globules in the bile of different species of fish; further observations of the optic nerve of cod and cows; observations of cod's roe; objections to Francis Redi's figure of a louse
Figures of the crystallisation of salts attached. Other diagrams mentioned in the letter are not attached.
Partial translation see EL/L1/12
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, part 1, p 230
For summary see 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall &amp; Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 175</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 February 1675</dc:date>
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