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Arcana naturae detecta (1695)

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 1632-1723, Blois, Abraham de, fl. 1679-1720, Verkolje, Jan, b. 1650, Kroonevelt, Henrik van, fl. 1688-1700 · Delphis Batavorum [Delft] : Apud Henricum a Krooneveld · leaf 90

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uxerim cir-cumferentia tamen corporis Criftallini in oculo bovis ex pluri-bus 12000. filamentisconftat; nam 10. filamenta in circumfe-renna juxta fe pofita,nondum pili diametrum adattuantjfi enimtotus axis, ut antea diftum, 400. pilos latos Iongicudine adar-quet, fequitur eum quoque4ooo. filamenta… … Hinc 74, Expsrlmenta & Contemplathnes Hinc dimetiri licet, quam tenue unumquodque fit filamen-tum, ac quam mirum in modum ha>c filamenta , non per axem,ut antea putabam, fed per tres diftin&as vias ex pun£fc> L. (quiimaginarius eft axis) tranfeant.Haec filamenta ex alia parte…

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