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The 17th-century cloth merchant who discovered the vast realm of tiny microbes – an appreciation of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Réplica del primer microscopio por Leeuwenhoek. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, quien logró hasta 300 veces la ampliación mediante un microscopio de lente simple. Se intercala una pequeña bola de cristal de la lente
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Original Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Microscope property of the Utrecht... | Download Scientific Diagram
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