Letter 43 of January 5, 1685 No. 2 | Opera Omnia

Particles of salt in vinegar in which crabs' eyes had lain; figures somewhat rectangular at the base and rising to a pyramid.

Deelen van sout op den edik [ed: azijn] waar in kreeften oogen hadde gelegen; figuirtgens welkers grond een weijnig lang vierkant was, lopende piramidaal op.

Origin of specimen: 
vinegar from his cellar
Standard reference information
Letter of: 
January 5, 1685
Written to: 
Members of the Royal Society
AB/CL number: 
82
AvL number: 
43
Publication history
Related sources: 
Anatomia Seu Interiora Rerum
Letter: 
Wrote Letter L-152 of 1685-01-05 to Members of the Royal Society about salts in wine and vinegar and in the stomach, the eye, the need for food and water, Descartes's theory on smallest water particles, and a theory of taste - salt, sour and sweet
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Related events: 
Published Opera Omnia, seu Arcana Naturae Microscopiorum (The Works, or Nature's Microscopical Mysteries), 25 Letters from 28 - 60 (4th)
Related pages: 
Figures in Period 2
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Function/process: 
Taste