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  <dc:title>Translation of a letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Nehemiah Grew</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Observations of the sperm of dogs, rabbits, fish; discussion about fertilisation and the views of Regnier de Graaf and William Harvey about this; concerning the vessels in semen; observations of female reproductive organs; text refers to diagrams of spermatozoids as well as diagrams of hair of a polecat which are described. Diagrams no longer attached. See EL/L1/34 for original. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>1678</dc:date>
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