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Author:
Huygens, C.
Publisher:
Société hollandaise des sciences
Year:
1888
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August 1, 1663
Christiaan Huygens received letter from Gutschoven about how to grind small lenses
March 26, 1665
Christiaan Huygens acquired Hooke's Micrographia
August 8, 1673
mentor Constantijn Huygens wrote to Robert Hooke about Leeuwenhoek
January 20, 1675
Christiaan Huygens wrote to Henry Oldenburg doubting Leeuwenhoek's observations of globules
February 2, 1675
Henry Oldenburg wrote to Christiaan Huygens about doubting Leeuwenhoek's globules
February 28, 1678
Christiaan Huygens began series of observations of microbes replicating and expanding on Leeuwenhoek's
May 1, 1679
Visited by James, Duke of York, and "several high personages"
May 4, 1679
mentor Constantijn Huygens called Leeuwenhoek the "magician of Delft"
August 13, 1680
Constantijn Huygens, jr., called Leeuwenhoek "the great man of the century"
June 15, 1684
Visited Christiaan Huygens in Den Haag with the Durven brothers
July 27, 1684
Christiaan Huygens gossiped about Maria Duyst in a letter to his brother Constantijn Huygens
October 6, 1685
Visited by Karl von Hessen-Kassel and Willem Meester
March 6, 1689
Christiaan Huygens wrote to Leeuwenhoek about other places to see the circulation of blood
March 6, 1690
Christiaan Huygens wrote to Leeuwenhoek about liquids in glass balls and Iceland crystal
July 22, 1692
Christiaan Huygens began second series of observations of microbes replicating and expanding on Leeuwenhoek's
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Wrote letter of 1676-11-07 (AB 28) to Constantijn Huygens
Wrote letter of 1677-02-15 (AB 30) to Christiaan Huygens
Wrote letter of 1678-12-26 (AB 41) to Constantijn Huygens
Wrote letter of 1679-04-27 (AB 44) to Constantijn Huygens
Wrote letter of 1679-05-15 (AB 46) to Christiaan Huygens
Wrote letter of 1679-05-20 (AB 47) to Constantijn Huygens
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Christiaan Huygens
Maria Duyst van Voorhout
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