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Philosophical Collections number 1 published in London, including Leeuwenhoek's Letter 28 of 1679-04-25 (AB 43) to Nehemiah Grew
Date:
November 1, 1679
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Author
Title
1679
Leeuwenhoek, A. van
Mr. Leeuwenhoeck's Letter, containing his Observations of vast numbers of Animals in Semine Animalium.
1679 - 1682
Hooke, R.
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What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter L-080 of 1679-04-25 to Nehemiah Grew about living little animals in fish, hare, and dogs and his calculation that more than ten times as many living animals come from the milt of a cod as there are people living on the Earth
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