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  <dc:title>Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, dated at Delft</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Signed autograph
Continuation of the experiments with the air-pump; structure of an insect's wing; blood and 'blood vessels' in an insect's wing; observations of a grey owlet moth; observations of the wing of a very small fly
4 original figures no longer exist; engraved figures for publication are attached
English translation is EL/L2/38
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 37</dc:description>
  <dc:date>24 July 1682</dc:date>
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