Wrote Letter L-210 of 1691-09-18 to Antonio Magliabechi about

Date: 
September 18, 1691
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-210
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
67a
Collected Letters number: 
115
Collected Letters volume: 
8

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

Leeuwenhoek wrote this letter about …

Despatch of a book to Magliabechi and the reply to it.

Mention of some visitors.

Discussion on rust in cereals suggested by the receipt of a treatise by Ramazzini.

Repudiation of spontansous generation.

On the procreation of the eel and on the sharp taste of pepper.

For a long time Leeuwenhoek has not had any contact with the Royal Society.

Willem Blaeu as translator.