Wrote Letter L-262 of 1695-07-20 to Anthonie Heinsius about about scales from his own skin, wool threads from his stockings, salt from his sweat, and air bubbles and salt crystals from his ear wax

Date: 
July 20, 1695
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-262
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
91
Collected Letters number: 
149
Collected Letters volume: 
11

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 …

Scales from L.'s skin. Little threads of wool from his stockings. Crystallization experiments with salt from a solution of his own sweat. Air bubbles and salt crystals from his ear wax.