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  <dc:title>Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Signed autograph
Investigation of  'raijs calomba', a medicinal root, and an experiment with an extract of the root, and a distillation of the root, with Leeuwenhoek's blood; observations of bladderstones 
21 original figures no longer exist; engraved figures for publication are attached
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 7, p 175</dc:description>
  <dc:date>25 May 1688</dc:date>
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