Wrote Letter L-264 of 1695-08-15 to Frederik Adriaan van Reede about oysters and their larvae, repudiating spontaneous generation

Date: 
August 15, 1695
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-264
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
92
Collected Letters number: 
151
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 …

Young oyster larvae from adult specimens; shape and size of the larvae. Large number of larvae from one mother oyster. Oysters are not produced by spontaneous generation. Radula of the periwinkle (sea snail).