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  <dc:title>Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Signed autograph
Investigating the circulation of blood in the wattle of a cock and the claws of a bat; blood-vessels at the base of a hair from the ear of a rabbit; examination to see if blood had air bubbles; experiment to discover the volume of water when it is cold and when it is heated; investigation about chyle; possible pieces of  tendon seen in a wound
English translation see EL/L2/28
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 8, p 191</dc:description>
  <dc:date>27 November 1691</dc:date>
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