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RefNoLBO/13/58
AltRefNoLBO/13/183
LevelFile
TitleCopy letter from Anthony van Leeuwenhoeck, Delft, Holland, to the Royal Society
Date2 August 1701
DescriptionRefers to his previous letter dated 21 June, where he offered his observations about spiders. Thanks them for his 'undeserved present' of the book of fishes and the whole set of Philosophical Transactions for 1700 Discusses his microscopes, and his observations on eels
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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