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Rat testicle in glass jar

Unknown artist, for Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)1680-04-05

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Letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Robert Hooke.
Figure 2: This is the testicle of a rat in a glass of water, after its skin was taken off. Van Leeuwenhoek had this drawing made by an unknown artist ('laten afteijckenen').

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