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Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (L-152, L-150, L-128)

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January 1, 1685

Dobell #5: Letters 38, 42, 43

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Year	Author	Title
1685	Leeuwenhoek, A. van	Onsigtbare verborgentheden

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1685: Being ignorant of all other men's thoughts

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January 1, 1691	Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (2nd)
January 1, 1698	Published Onsigtbare Verborgentheden (Invisible Mysteries), Letters 38, 42, 43 (3rd)

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Wrote Letter L-128 of 1683-07-16 to Christopher Wren about the procreation of frogs, sperm in fowl's egg, reproduction of rabbits, little animals in frog intestines, a theory about digestion in humans and fish, and blood
Wrote Letter L-150 of 1684-07-25 to Members of the Royal Society about parts of the brain of several animals, chalk stones of gout, leprosy, and the scales of eels
Wrote Letter L-152 of 1685-01-05 to Members of the Royal Society about salts in wine and vinegar and in the stomach, the eye, the need for food and water, Descartes's theory on smallest water particles, and a theory of taste - salt, sour and sweet

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