Wrote Letter L-077 of 1678-12-26 to Constantijn Huygens about how son Christiaan's observations of little animals correspond to his own

Date: 
December 26, 1678
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-077
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
26a
Collected Letters number: 
41
Collected Letters volume: 
2

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 to Constantijn Huygens about how son Christiaan's observations of microorganisms correspond to his own.

A reply to the letters of Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens, concerning the identification of animalcules observed in pepper-water by Christiaan Huygen. A description of the scales on the wings of butterflies.