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  <dc:title>Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Sent a printed copy and not a signed autograph
Observations of daddy-longlegs; pupation of and eggs of daddy-longlegs; anatomy of the legs of daddy-longlegs; observations of reproduction of lice and mites; the anatomy of a louse and structure of a mite; discussion about the life span of a mite
Sheet of 10 engraved figures for publication is attached
See EL/L2/42 for covering letter
Transcribed and translated in 'Alle de brieven van Antoni van Leeuwenhoek', edited, illustrated and annotated by Committee of Dutch Scientists, vol 9, p 269</dc:description>
  <dc:date>20 December 1693</dc:date>
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