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Published Onsigtbare Geschapene Waarheden (Invisible Creation Truths), Letters 32, 33

Date: 
January 1, 1684

Dobell #1

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1684 Leeuwenhoek, A. van Onsigtbare geschapene waarheden
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January 1, 1684 Published Onsigtbare Geschapene Waarheden (Invisible Creation Truths), Letters 32, 39
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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter 32 of 1680-06-14 (AB 62) to Thomas Gale about beer, yeast, crab's eyes in vinegar, and little animals reproducing in hermetically-sealed tubes
Wrote Letter 33 of 1680-11-12 (AB 65) to Robert Hooke about blood globules, lees of wine, globules in rain water, milk vessels, reproduction, little animals in the male seed of animals, and their incomprehensible smallness
Wrote Letter 39 of 1683-09-17 (AB 76) to Francis Aston about saliva and bacteria in tartar, nasal hairs and blackheads, skin, fish scales, pores, and calluses
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Daniel van Gaesbeeck
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