Wrote Letter L-267 of 1695-08-18 to Anthonie Heinsius about detonating gunpowder in a closed glass bulb and measuring the increase in volume after the explosion; in a partial vacuum, glass bulbs may implode

Date: 
August 18, 1695
Standard reference information
L-number: 
L-267
Leeuwenhoek's number: 
93
Collected Letters number: 
154
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 …

an experiment in which gunpowder was detonated in a closed glass bulb. Measurement of the increase of volume after the explosion. When there is a partial vacuum, glass bulbs may implode.

L. learned glass-blowing at the market.