Wrote Letter L-228 of 1693-10-15 to the members of the Royal Society about colors and the life cycle of fleas

Date: 
October 15, 1693
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-228
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
76
Collected Letters number: 
126
Collected Letters volume: 
9

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 …

Examination of the colours of plumes of the feathers of Leeuwenhoek's green parrot

the colour of wool

the metamorphosis of the pigeon flea

the life cycle of a human flea

the anatomy of the legs of a flea