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  <dc:title>Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to John Chamberlayne, dated at Delft</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Signed autograph
Concerning Leeuwenhoek's razor for shaving - theory why razors become blunt in cold weather; observations of the particles of steel on the edge of a razor
English translation see EL/L4/30
EL/L1/17 for figure of Leeuwenhoek's hair from shaving
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 26, no 324, p 493</dc:description>
  <dc:date>10 September 1709</dc:date>
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