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Master list (pdf)
of all 602 L-numbers, their Leeuwenhoek number, and their
Collected Letters
number
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Alle de Brieven. The Collected Letters. Volume 19
Author:
Leeuwenhoek, A. van
Volume:
19
Publisher:
Huygens Instituut
Year:
2024
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Leeuwenhoek, A. van
Alle de Brieven. The Collected Letters.
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February 22, 1722
James Jurin wrote Letter L-571 to Leeuwenhoek summarizing and praising his life's work
May 26, 1722
James Jurin wrote Letter L-575 asking Leeuwenhoek to send Latin translations of his letters and passing along Hans Sloane's request for Leeuwenhoek to investigate smallpox pustules for insects
October 12, 1722
James Jurin wrote Letter L-580 to Leeuwenhoek, saying that his ideas about pocks are acceptable to the Royal Society
January 4, 1723
James Jurin wrote Letter L-582 to Leeuwenhoek about how to measure his microscopic observations
August 29, 1723
pastor Petrus Gribius wrote Letter L-589 to James Jurin announcing Leeuwenhoek's death
September 4, 1723
Johannes Hoogvliet wrote Letter L-590 to James Jurin accompanying his Latin translation of Leeuwenhoek's last two letters
October 4, 1723
pastor Petrus Gribius wrote Letter L-592 to James Jurin about Leeuwenhoek's methods
October 4, 1723
daughter Maria wrote Letter L-591 as a cover letter for the cabinet with 26 magnifying glasses to the Royal Society (AB 381)
October 12, 1723
James Jurin wrote Letter L-593 to Peter Gribius about Leeuwenhoek's death
October 20, 1723
Arnout van den Berch wrote Letter L-594 to the Royal Society that Abraham Edens will deliver the cabinet of magnifying glasses to the Royal Society
November 18, 1723
Isaac Newton wrote Letter L-595 to Abraham Edens, a receipt for the cabinet with 26 magnifying glasses
November 29, 1723
James Jurin wrote Letter L-597 to Arnoud van den Berch about the cabinet of microscopes
November 29, 1723
James Jurin wrote Letter L-598 to Petrus Gribius thanking him for the safe delivery of the cabinet with Leeuwenhoek's magnifying glasses
Related letters:
What Leeuwenhoek wrote ...
Wrote Letter L-565 of 1720-01-09 to the members of the Royal Society about muscle fibres and membranes of a cow, mites on the flesh of a whale, and the nerves around the muscle fibres and tendons of a cow
Wrote Letter L-566 of 1720-11-20 to the members of the Royal Society about bone membrane and the canals in bone, the cell layers and blood vessels in the bone membrane, and bone from the rib of a cow
Wrote Letter L-567 of 1721-01-15 to members of the Royal Society about the stomata of the leaves of boxwood, the number of them, and the down on the skin of a peach and a quince
Wrote Letter L-568 of 1721-01-24 to the members of the Royal Society about vessels in wood from Ambon (Indonesia), oakwood, and pinewood, the muscle fibres of a cow, a whale, and a mouse, and the structure of a red blood cell
Wrote Letter L-569 of 1721-04-11 to the members of the Royal Society about how flesh fibers are nourished by the blood vessels, this time in fish
Wrote Letter L-570 of 1721-06-27 to the members of the Royal Society about finally discovering the little holes in the membranes of beans and peas and about the little vessels in seed membranes
Wrote Letter L-572 of 1722-04-21 to the members of the Royal Society about the muscular fibres of different animals and whether iron becomes magnetic over time
Wrote Letter L-573 of 1722-05-01 to the members of the Royal Society about the structure of fat particles in sheep, lamb, flatfish, and perch
Wrote Letter L-577 of 1722-06-13 to James Jurin, a cover letter for Letter L-576, expressing doubts that inoculations protect against smallpox
Wrote Letter L-576 of 1722-06-13 to the members of the Royal Society about the reproductive organs of a ewe and a fetus from it
Wrote Letter L-579 of 1722-07-07 to James Jurin, a cover letter to Letter L-578, that no little animals are to be found in smallpox pustules; again opposes a proponent of spontaneous generation
Wrote Letter L-578 of 1722-07-07 to the members of the Royal Society about calluses on human skin
Wrote Letter L-581 of 1722-11-20 to James Jurin about the miscroscopic structure of diamonds and rock crystal
Wrote Letter L-583 of 1723-03-19 to the members of the Royal Society about blood, now lost
Wrote Letter L-584 of 1723-03-19 to James Jurin about blood, the size of blood globules, the state of his health, and the role of the ovary in reproduction
Wrote Letter L-585 of 1723-05-31 to the members of the Royal Society about the structure and texture of the diaphragm, the source of his most severe ailment
Wrote Letter L-588 of 1723-08-00 to James Jurin about his spermist view of the generation of animals and palpitations of his diaphragm, his final letter
Wrote Letter L-587 of sometime in August to James Jurin about the similarities between globules in blood and in the lees of wine to argue against Jurin’s hope to discover how blood globules are made
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