Alle de Brieven. The Collected Letters. Volume 1

Author:

Leeuwenhoek, A. van

Volume:

Publisher:

Amsterdam: Swets and Zeitlinger

Year:

1939

Letters 1 [1] – 21 [14] written between 1673 and 1676. Editor, C.G. Heringa

The links below take you to the text of the letter in the original Dutch and in English translation from Alle de Brieven. The Collected Letters at the DBNL - De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (Digital Library for Dutch Letters).

Cole's number, usually the same as Leeuwenhoek's, is in brackets. These are the numbers used by Dobell, who wrote before the Committee of Dutch Scientists began collecting and numbering all of the letters.

Letter 1 [1] of 28 April 1673

Letter 2 [2] of 15 August 1673

Letter 3 of 8 November 1673

Letter 4 of 5 April 1674

Letter 5 [3] of 7 April 1674

Letter 6 of 16 April 1674

Letter 7 of 24 April 1674

Letter 8 [4] of 1 June 1674

Letter 9 [5] of 6 July 1674

Letter 10 of 7 September 1674

Letter 11 [6] of 7 September 1674

Letter 12 [7] of 19 October 1674

Letter 13 [8] of 4 December 1674

Letter 14 of 26 December 1674

Letter 15 [9] of 22 January 1675

Letter 16 [10] of 11 February 1675

Letter 17 [11] of 26 March 1675

Letter 18 [12] of 14 August 1675

Letter 19 [13] of 20 December 1675

Letter 20 of 22 January 1676

Letter 21 [14] of 22 February 1676

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Wrote Letter L-001 of 1673-04-28 to Henry Oldenburg about mould and a bee's stinger and eye
Wrote Letter L-002 of 1673-08-15 to Henry Oldenburg about the bee, the movement of liquids in wood and food in a louse, and the composition of air
Wrote Letter L-003 of 1673-11-08 to Henry Oldenburg about globules in milk and in blood and his theory on the structure and growth of hair and of tumours
Wrote Letter L-005 of 1674-04-05 to Constantijn Huygens about globules in milk and blood and the growth of hair; first mention of red blood corpuscles
Wrote Letter L-006 of 1674-04-07 to Henry Oldenburg about globules in milk and blood, the growth of hair and nails, and the anatomy of a louse
Wrote Letter L-008 of 1674-04-16 to Henry Oldenburg about the delivery of his letters and asking Oldenburg to befriend van Conincxbrugh
Wrote Letter L-009 of 1674-04-24 to Constantijn Huygens about his further observations about blood, bones, teeth, and salt
Wrote Letter L-011 of 1674-06-01 to Henry Oldenburg about movement of liquid in capillary tubes, structure of body parts, growth of skin, and the size of red blood cells
Wrote Letter L-012 of 1674-07-06 to Henry Oldenburg bout sweat, hair, fat, tears, and improved capillary tubes
Wrote Letter L-014 of 1674-09-07 to Henry Oldenburg, stating that he will send further observations
Wrote Letter L-015 of 1674-09-07 to Henry Oldenburg about the anatomy of the eye and optic nerve of a cow, minerals eg. salt, clay, English and Flemish earth; first mention of protozoa in stagnant water
Wrote Letter L-016 of 1674-10-19 to Henry Oldenburg about eggs in the bile of cow, sheep, rabbits and poultry, the structure of metals, skin, and the bladder, and theories about the sense of taste.
Wrote Letter L-018 of 1674-12-04 to Henry Oldenburg about optic nerves and sight; enclosed specimen of cow's optic nerve
Wrote Letter L-019 of 1674-12-26 to Constantijn Huygens, enclosing a drawing of the optic nerve and excerpts from two recent letters
Wrote Letter L-021 of 1675-01-22 to Henry Oldenburg about a new technique for observing blood and sectioned brain tissue; optic nerve, smoke, gunpowder, and scorpions
Wrote Letter L-022 of 1675-02-11 to Henry Oldenburg about crystals, vinegar, soap, spices, cod, louse, and oak leaf.
Wrote Letter L-024 of 1675-03-26 to Henry Oldenburg about meals, seeds, and pearls; transparency; movement of fluids in plants and animals
Wrote Letter L-026 of 1675-08-14 to Henry Oldenburg about blood, taste of saps, sugar, and salt, and the mechanics of taste and digestion
Wrote Letter L-028 of 1675-12-20 to Henry Oldenburg about various omissions in previous letters, small animals in water, his theory of “globules”, and the aerometer he devised
Wrote Letter L-031 of 1676-01-22 to Henry Oldenburg about forwarding his mail and about sending his observations of little animals in water
Wrote Letter L-034 of 1676-02-22 to Henry Oldenburg about hair, cow skin, horn, and bone, inviting Hooke's response

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