Wrote Letter L-357 of 1699-06-23 to the members of the Royal Society in response to Martin Lister's objections against his theory of generation; his opposition to the theory of spontaneous generation; the assumption of male and female spermatozoa
Date:
June 23, 1699
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 in response to Martin Lister's objections against Leeuwenhoek's theory on generation, he compares sperm to an apple pip from which a tree grows, ie that sperm have to reproduce. Opposition to the theory of spontaneous generation. Assumption of the existence of male and female spermatozoa.
