Wrote Letter L-220 of 1692-08-12 to the members of the Royal Society about the shaft of a bird's feather as used in a quill, the lens and cornea of the human and calf eyes, 'wood-pipes' in different species of wood, bulrushes, and pine and lime wood
Date:
August 12, 1692
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 …
the structure and texture of the shaft of a bird's feather as used in a quill; examination of the lens and cornea of the human eye and a calf; 'wood-pipes' in different species of wood; engraver made drawings; bulrushes; structure and texture of pine and lime wood
