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Which number?
Master list (pdf)
of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their
Collected Letters
number
Life in Holland
in the 1600's
The Virginal Player
Man Writing a Letter
Feast of the Bean King
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Work in Holland
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Images and ideas: Leeuwenhoek's perception of the spermatozoa
Author:
Ruestow, E. G.
Journal:
Journal of the History of Biology
Volume:
16:2, 185-224.
Year:
1983
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Leeuwenhoek's Cabinet of Wonders
Specimens: Sperm
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Life in Holland
in the 1600's
Leaving the Tavern
As the old sing, so pipe the young
Dancing Lesson
Couple with a Parrot
Sitting Men and Woman in Garden
Woman hands over money to her servant
